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Union Calendar No. 54 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2839 

[Report No. 116–78] 

Making appropriations for Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 20, 2019 

Mrs. LOWEY, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

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1 grams for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and 

2 for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 

5 AGENCY 

6 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

7 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

8 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS

9 For necessary expenses of the Department of State 

10 and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 

11 $9,245,766,000, of which up to $772,480,000 may remain 

12 available until September 30, 2021, and of which up to 

13 $4,095,899,000 may remain available until expended for 

14 Worldwide Security Protection: Provided, That of the 

15 amount made available under this heading for Worldwide 

16 Security Protection, $2,626,122,000 is designated by the 

17 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

18 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

19 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

20 of 1985: Provide further, That designated funds made 

21 available under this heading shall be allocated in accord22 ance with paragraphs (1) through (4) as follows: 

23 (1) HUMAN RESOURCES.—For necessary ex24 penses for training, human resources management, 

25 and salaries, including employment without regard 


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1 to civil service and classification laws of persons on 

2 a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au3 thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor4 mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, 

5 $2,900,417,000, of which up to $509,782,000 is for 

6 Worldwide Security Protection. 

7 (2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex8 penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 

9 of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 

10 $1,955,868,000. 

11 (3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 

12 necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 

13 Department of State, including representation to 

14 certain international organizations in which the 

15 United States participates pursuant to treaties rati16 fied pursuant to the advice and consent of the Sen17 ate or specific Acts of Congress, general administra18 tion, and arms control, nonproliferation and disar19 mament activities as authorized, $780,057,000. 

20 (4) SECURITY PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex21 penses for security activities, $3,609,424,000, of 

22 which up to $3,586,117,000 is for Worldwide Secu23 rity Protection. 


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1 (5) FEES AND PAYMENTS COLLECTED.—In ad2 dition to amounts otherwise made available under 

3 this heading— 

4 (A) as authorized by section 810 of the 

5 United States Information and Educational Ex6 change Act, not to exceed $5,000,000, to re7 main available until expended, may be credited 

8 to this appropriation from fees or other pay9 ments received from English teaching, library, 

10 motion pictures, and publication programs and 

11 from fees from educational advising and coun12 seling and exchange visitor programs; and 

13 (B) not to exceed $15,000, which shall be 

14 derived from reimbursements, surcharges, and 

15 fees for use of Blair House facilities. 

16 (6) TRANSFER OF FUNDS, REPROGRAMMING, 

17 AND OTHER MATTERS.— 

18 (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 this Act, funds may be reprogrammed within 

20 and between paragraphs (1) through (4) under 

21 this heading subject to section 7015 of this Act. 

22 (B) Of the amount made available under 

23 this heading, not to exceed $10,000,000 may be 

24 transferred to, and merged with, funds made 

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1 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Serv2 ice’’, to be available only for emergency evacu3 ations and rewards, as authorized. 

4 (C) Funds appropriated under this heading 

5 are available for acquisition by exchange or pur6 chase of passenger motor vehicles as authorized 

7 by law and, pursuant to section 1108(g) of title 

8 31, United States Code, for the field examina9 tion of programs and activities in the United 

10 States funded from any account contained in 

11 this title. 

12 (7) CLARIFICATION.—References to the ‘‘Diplo13 matic and Consular Programs’’ account in any pro14 vision of law shall in this fiscal year, and each fiscal 

15 year thereafter, be construed to include the ‘‘Diplo16 matic Programs’’ account. 

17 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

18 For necessary expenses of the Capital Investment 

19 Fund, as authorized, $140,000,000, to remain available 

20 until expended. 

21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General, $90,829,000, notwithstanding section 209(a)(1) 

24 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

25 3929(a)(1)), as it relates to post inspections: Provided, 


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1 That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, 

2 $13,624,000 may remain available until September 30, 

3 2021. 

4 In addition, for the Special Inspector General for Af5 ghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) for reconstruction 

6 oversight, $54,900,000, which is designated by the Con7 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

8 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 

10 of which up to $8,235,000 may remain available until Sep11 tember 30, 2021. 

12 EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

13 For expenses of educational and cultural exchange 

14 programs, as authorized, $730,000,000, to remain avail15 able until expended, of which not less than $272,000,000 

16 shall be for the Fulbright Program and not less than 

17 $111,961,000 shall be for Citizen Exchange Program: 

18 Provided, That fees or other payments received from, or 

19 in connection with, English teaching, educational advising 

20 and counseling programs, and exchange visitor programs 

21 as authorized may be credited to this account, to remain 

22 available until expended: Provided further, That a portion 

23 of the Fulbright awards from the Eurasia and Central 

24 Asia regions shall be designated as Edmund S. Muskie 

25 Fellowships, following consultation with the Committees 


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1 on Appropriations: Provided further, That any substantive 

2 modifications from the prior fiscal year to programs fund3 ed by this Act under this heading shall be subject to prior 

4 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

5 of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

6 REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

7 For representation expenses as authorized, 

8 $7,212,000. 

9 PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS

10 For expenses, not otherwise provided, to enable the 

11 Secretary of State to provide for extraordinary protective 

12 services, as authorized, $30,890,000, to remain available 

13 until September 30, 2021. 

14 EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION, AND MAINTENANCE

15 For necessary expenses for carrying out the Foreign 

16 Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.), 

17 preserving, maintaining, repairing, and planning for real 

18 property that are owned or leased by the Department of 

19 State, and renovating, in addition to funds otherwise avail20 able, the Harry S Truman Building, $781,562,000, to re21 main available until September 30, 2024, of which not to 

22 exceed $25,000 may be used for overseas representation 

23 expenses as authorized: Provided, That none of the funds 

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1 sition of furniture, furnishings, or generators for other de2 partments and agencies of the United States Government. 

3 In addition, for the costs of worldwide security up4 grades, acquisition, and construction as authorized, 

5 $1,205,649,000, to remain available until expended, of 

6 which $424,087,000 is designated by the Congress for 

7 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter8 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR

11 SERVICE

12 For necessary expenses to enable the Secretary of 

13 State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplo14 matic and Consular Service, as authorized, $7,885,000, to 

15 remain available until expended, of which not to exceed 

16 $1,000,000 may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 

17 appropriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Repatriation 

18 Loans Program Account’’. 

19 REPATRIATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT

20 For the cost of direct loans, $1,300,000, as author21 ized: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of 

22 modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 

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1 gations for the principal amount of direct loans not to ex2 ceed $5,563,619. 

3 PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the Taiwan Rela5 tions Act (Public Law 96–8), $31,963,000. 

6 INTERNATIONAL CENTER, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF

7 COLUMBIA

8 Not to exceed $1,806,600 shall be derived from fees 

9 collected from other executive agencies for lease or use of 

10 facilities at the International Center in accordance with 

11 section 4 of the International Center Act (Public Law 90– 

12 553), and, in addition, as authorized by section 5 of such 

13 Act, $743,000, to be derived from the reserve authorized 

14 by such section, to be used for the purposes set out in 

15 that section. 

16 PAYMENT TO THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND

17 DISABILITY FUND

18 For payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and 

19 Disability Fund, as authorized, $158,900,000. 

20 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

21 CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

22 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

23 to meet annual obligations of membership in international 

24 multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties ratified 

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1 tions, or specific Acts of Congress, $1,520,285,000, of 

2 which $96,240,000 is designated by the Congress for 

3 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter4 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal5 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

6 Provided, That the Secretary of State shall, at the time 

7 of the submission of the President’s budget to Congress 

8 under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, 

9 transmit to the Committees on Appropriations the most 

10 recent biennial budget prepared by the United Nations for 

11 the operations of the United Nations: Provided further, 

12 That any payment of arrearages under this heading shall 

13 be directed to activities that are mutually agreed upon by 

14 the United States and the respective international organi15 zation and shall be subject to the regular notification pro16 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 

17 further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 

18 heading shall be available for a United States contribution 

19 to an international organization for the United States 

20 share of interest costs made known to the United States 

21 Government by such organization for loans incurred on 

22 or after October 1, 1984, through external borrowings. 


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1 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING

2 ACTIVITIES

3 For necessary expenses to pay assessed and other ex4 penses of international peacekeeping activities directed to 

5 the maintenance or restoration of international peace and 

6 security, $2,128,414,000, of which $988,656,000 is des7 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper8 ations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to section 

9 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

10 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided, That of the funds 

11 made available under this heading up to $1,159,620,000 

12 may remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided 

13 further, That none of the funds made available by this Act 

14 shall be obligated or expended for any new or expanded 

15 United Nations peacekeeping mission unless, at least 15 

16 days in advance of voting for such mission in the United 

17 Nations Security Council (or in an emergency as far in 

18 advance as is practicable), the Committees on Appropria19 tions are notified of: (1) the estimated cost and duration 

20 of the mission, the objectives of the mission, the national 

21 interest that will be served, and the exit strategy; and (2) 

22 the sources of funds, including any reprogrammings or 

23 transfers, that will be used to pay the cost of the new or 

24 expanded mission, and the estimated cost in future fiscal 

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1 priated under this heading may be made available for obli2 gation unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports 

3 to the Committees on Appropriations on a peacekeeping 

4 mission-by-mission basis that the United Nations is imple5 menting effective policies and procedures to prevent 

6 United Nations employees, contractor personnel, and 

7 peacekeeping troops serving in such mission from traf8 ficking in persons, exploiting victims of trafficking, or 

9 committing acts of sexual exploitation and abuse or other 

10 violations of human rights, and to hold accountable indi11 viduals who engage in such acts while participating in 

12 such mission, including prosecution in their home coun13 tries and making information about such prosecutions 

14 publicly available on the website of the United Nations: 

15 Provided further, That the Secretary of State shall work 

16 with the United Nations and foreign governments contrib17 uting peacekeeping troops to implement effective vetting 

18 procedures to ensure that such troops have not violated 

19 human rights: Provided further, That funds shall be avail20 able for peacekeeping expenses unless the Secretary of 

21 State determines that United States manufacturers and 

22 suppliers are not being given opportunities to provide 

23 equipment, services, and material for United Nations 

24 peacekeeping activities equal to those being given to for25 eign manufacturers and suppliers: Provided further, That 


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1 none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail2 able under this heading may be used for any United Na3 tions peacekeeping mission that will involve United States 

4 Armed Forces under the command or operational control 

5 of a foreign national, unless the President’s military advi6 sors have submitted to the President a recommendation 

7 that such involvement is in the national interest of the 

8 United States and the President has submitted to Con9 gress such a recommendation: Provided further, That the 

10 Secretary of State shall work with the United Nations and 

11 members of the United Nations Security Council to evalu12 ate and prioritize peacekeeping missions, and to consider 

13 a draw down when mission goals have been substantially 

14 achieved: Provided further, That, of the amounts appro15 priated under this heading, not less than $478,994,000 

16 shall be disbursed to the United Nations not later than 

17 45 days after the enactment of this Act for the remaining 

18 amounts necessary to pay in full for fiscal years 2017 and 

19 2018 the United States share of the cost of international 

20 peacekeeping activities in accordance with section 

21 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

22 Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, (22 U.S.C. 287e note), as 

23 amended by section 7048(h) of this Act. 


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1 INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

2 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

3 to meet obligations of the United States arising under 

4 treaties, or specific Acts of Congress, as follows: 

5 INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, 

6 UNITED STATES AND MEXICO

7 For necessary expenses for the United States Section 

8 of the International Boundary and Water Commission, 

9 United States and Mexico, and to comply with laws appli10 cable to the United States Section, including not to exceed 

11 $6,000 for representation expenses; as follows: 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses, not otherwise provided for, 

14 $48,170,000. 

15 CONSTRUCTION

16 For detailed plan preparation and construction of au17 thorized projects, $29,400,000, to remain available until 

18 expended, as authorized. 

19 AMERICAN SECTIONS, INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS

20 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

21 the International Joint Commission and the International 

22 Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, as au23 thorized by treaties between the United States and Can24 ada or Great Britain, and the Border Environment Co25 operation Commission as authorized by the North AmerVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839

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1 ican Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (Public 

2 Law 103–182), $12,732,000: Provided, That of the 

3 amount provided under this heading for the International 

4 Joint Commission, up to $500,000 may remain available 

5 until September 30, 2021, and $9,000 may be made avail6 able for representation expenses: Provided further, That 

7 of the amount provided under this heading for the Inter8 national Boundary Commission, $1,000 may be made 

9 available for representation expenses. 

10 INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

11 For necessary expenses for international fisheries 

12 commissions, not otherwise provided for, as authorized by 

13 law, $51,058,000: Provided, That the United States share 

14 of such expenses may be advanced to the respective com15 missions pursuant to section 3324 of title 31, United 

16 States Code. 

17 RELATED AGENCY 

18 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA

19 INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING OPERATIONS

20 For necessary expenses to enable the United States 

21 Agency for Global Media (USAGM), as authorized, to 

22 carry out international communication activities, and to 

23 make and supervise grants for radio, Internet, and tele24 vision broadcasting to the Middle East, $798,196,000: 

25 Provided, That in addition to amounts otherwise available 


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1 for such purposes, up to $34,508,000 of the amount ap2 propriated under this heading may remain available until 

3 expended for satellite transmissions and Internet freedom 

4 programs, of which not less than $13,800,000 shall be for 

5 Internet freedom programs: Provided further, That of the 

6 total amount appropriated under this heading, not to ex7 ceed $35,000 may be used for representation expenses, of 

8 which $10,000 may be used for such expenses within the 

9 United States as authorized, and not to exceed $30,000 

10 may be used for representation expenses of Radio Free 

11 Europe/Radio Liberty: Provided further, That the USAGM 

12 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations within 15 

13 days of any determination by the USAGM that any of its 

14 broadcast entities, including its grantee organizations, 

15 provides an open platform for international terrorists or 

16 those who support international terrorism, or is in viola17 tion of the principles and standards set forth in sub18 sections (a) and (b) of section 303 of the United States 

19 International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6202) 

20 or the entity’s journalistic code of ethics: Provided further, 

21 That in addition to funds made available under this head22 ing, and notwithstanding any other provision of law, up 

23 to $5,000,000 in receipts from advertising and revenue 

24 from business ventures, up to $500,000 in receipts from 

25 cooperating international organizations, and up to 


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1 $1,000,000 in receipts from privatization efforts of the 

2 Voice of America and the International Broadcasting Bu3 reau, shall remain available until expended for carrying 

4 out authorized purposes: Provided further, That any ref5 erence to the ‘‘Broadcasting Board of Governors’’ or 

6 ‘‘BBG’’, including in any account providing amounts to 

7 the Broadcasting Board of Governors, in any Act making 

8 appropriations for the Department of State, foreign oper9 ations, and related programs enacted before, on, or after 

10 the date of the enactment of this Act shall for this fiscal 

11 year, and any fiscal year thereafter, be construed to mean 

12 the ‘‘United States Agency for Global Media’’ or 

13 ‘‘USAGM’’, respectively. 

14 BROADCASTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS

15 For the purchase, rent, construction, repair, preser16 vation, and improvement of facilities for radio, television, 

17 and digital transmission and reception; the purchase, rent, 

18 and installation of necessary equipment for radio, tele19 vision, and digital transmission and reception, as author20 ized; and physical security worldwide, in addition to 

21 amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 

22 $9,700,000, to remain available until expended, as author23 ized. 


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1 RELATED PROGRAMS 

2 THE ASIA FOUNDATION

3 For a grant to The Asia Foundation, as authorized 

4 by The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4402), 

5 $19,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro6 vided, That funds appropriated under this heading shall 

7 be apportioned and obligated to the Foundation not later 

8 than 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

9 UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE

10 For necessary expenses of the United States Institute 

11 of Peace, as authorized by the United States Institute of 

12 Peace Act (22 U.S.C. 4601 et seq.), $38,634,000, to re13 main available until September 30, 2021, which shall not 

14 be used for construction activities. 

15 CENTER FOR MIDDLE EASTERN-WESTERN DIALOGUE

16 TRUST FUND

17 For necessary expenses of the Center for Middle 

18 Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, as authorized by 

19 section 633 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and 

20 State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

21 Act, 2004 (22 U.S.C. 2078), the total amount of the inter22 est and earnings accruing to such Fund on or before Sep23 tember 30, 2020, to remain available until expended. 


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1 EISENHOWER EXCHANGE FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM

2 For necessary expenses of Eisenhower Exchange Fel3 lowships, Incorporated, as authorized by sections 4 and 

4 5 of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Act of 1990 (20 

5 U.S.C. 5204–5205), all interest and earnings accruing to 

6 the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust 

7 Fund on or before September 30, 2020, to remain avail8 able until expended: Provided, That none of the funds ap9 propriated herein shall be used to pay any salary or other 

10 compensation, or to enter into any contract providing for 

11 the payment thereof, in excess of the rate authorized by 

12 section 5376 of title 5, United States Code; or for pur13 poses which are not in accordance with section 200 of title 

14 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations, including the re15 strictions on compensation for personal services. 

16 ISRAELI ARAB SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

17 For necessary expenses of the Israeli Arab Scholar18 ship Program, as authorized by section 214 of the Foreign 

19 Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 

20 (22 U.S.C. 2452 note), all interest and earnings accruing 

21 to the Israeli Arab Scholarship Fund on or before Sep22 tember 30, 2020, to remain available until expended. 

23 EAST-WEST CENTER

24 To enable the Secretary of State to provide for car25 rying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and 


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1 Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 

2 1960, by grant to the Center for Cultural and Technical 

3 Interchange Between East and West in the State of Ha4 waii, $16,700,000: Provided, That funds appropriated 

5 under this heading shall be apportioned and obligated to 

6 the Center not later than 60 days after enactment of this 

7 Act. 

8 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY

9 For grants made by the Department of State to the 

10 National Endowment for Democracy, as authorized by the 

11 National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 

12 4412), $180,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

13 of which $117,500,000 shall be allocated in the traditional 

14 and customary manner, including for the core institutes, 

15 and $62,500,000 shall be for democracy programs: Pro16 vided, That the requirements of section 7061(a) of this 

17 Act shall not apply to funds made available under this 

18 heading: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

19 this heading shall be apportioned and obligated to the En20 dowment not later than 30 days after enactment of this 

21 Act. 


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1 OTHER COMMISSIONS 

2 COMMISSION FOR THE PRESERVATION OF AMERICA’S

3 HERITAGE ABROAD

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the Commission for the 

6 Preservation of America’s Heritage Abroad, $642,000, as 

7 authorized by chapter 3123 of title 54, United States 

8 Code: Provided, That the Commission may procure tem9 porary, intermittent, and other services notwithstanding 

10 paragraph (3) of section 312304(b) of such chapter: Pro11 vided further, That such authority shall terminate on Oc12 tober 1, 2020: Provided further, That the Commission 

13 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations prior to ex14 ercising such authority. 

15 UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL

16 RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the United States Com19 mission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), 

20 as authorized by title II of the International Religious 

21 Freedom Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6431 et seq.), 

22 $4,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 

23 including not more than $4,000 for representation ex24 penses. 


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1 COMMISSION ON SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN

2 EUROPE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Commission on Secu5 rity and Cooperation in Europe, as authorized by Public 

6 Law 94–304 (22 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.), $2,579,000, includ7 ing not more than $4,000 for representation expenses, to 

8 remain available until September 30, 2021. 

9 CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE

10 PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Congressional-Execu13 tive Commission on the People’s Republic of China, as au14 thorized by title III of the U.S.-China Relations Act of 

15 2000 (22 U.S.C. 6911 et seq.), $2,000,000, including not 

16 more than $3,000 for representation expenses, to remain 

17 available until September 30, 2021. 

18 UNITED STATES-CHINA ECONOMIC AND SECURITY

19 REVIEW COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the United States-China 

22 Economic and Security Review Commission, as authorized 

23 by section 1238 of the Floyd D. Spence National Defense 

24 Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2001 (22 U.S.C. 7002), 

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1 tation expenses, to remain available until September 30, 

2 2021: Provided, That the authorities, requirements, limi3 tations, and conditions contained in the second through 

4 sixth provisos under this heading in the Department of 

5 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro6 priations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) 

7 shall continue in effect during fiscal year 2020 and shall 

8 apply to funds appropriated under this heading as if in9 cluded in this Act. 

10 WESTERN HEMISPHERE DRUG POLICY COMMISSION

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Western Hemisphere 

13 Drug Policy Commission, as authorized by title VI of the 

14 Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 

15 (Public Law 114–323), $500,000 to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2021. 

17 TITLE II 

18 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 

19 DEVELOPMENT 

20 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

21 OPERATING EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

24 $1,404,756,000, of which up to $210,713,000 may remain 

25 available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That none 


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1 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under 

2 the heading ‘‘Capital Investment Fund’’ in this title may 

3 be made available to finance the construction (including 

4 architect and engineering services), purchase, or long-term 

5 lease of offices for use by the United States Agency for 

6 International Development, unless the USAID Adminis7 trator has identified such proposed use of funds in a re8 port submitted to the Committees on Appropriations at 

9 least 15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such pur10 poses: Provided further, That contracts or agreements en11 tered into with funds appropriated under this heading may 

12 entail commitments for the expenditure of such funds 

13 through the following fiscal year: Provided further, That 

14 the authority of sections 610 and 109 of the Foreign As15 sistance Act of 1961 may be exercised by the Secretary 

16 of State to transfer funds appropriated to carry out chap17 ter 1 of part I of such Act to ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ in 

18 accordance with the provisions of those sections: Provided 

19 further, That of the funds appropriated or made available 

20 under this heading, not to exceed $250,000 may be avail21 able for representation and entertainment expenses, of 

22 which not to exceed $5,000 may be available for entertain23 ment expenses, and not to exceed $100,500 shall be for 

24 official residence expenses, for USAID during the current 

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1 CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND

2 For necessary expenses for overseas construction and 

3 related costs, and for the procurement and enhancement 

4 of information technology and related capital investments, 

5 pursuant to section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

6 1961, $210,300,000, to remain available until expended: 

7 Provided, That this amount is in addition to funds other8 wise available for such purposes: Provided further, That 

9 funds appropriated under this heading shall be available 

10 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com11 mittees on Appropriations. 

12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

14 of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

15 $75,500,000, of which up to $11,325,000 may remain 

16 available until September 30, 2021, for the Office of In17 spector General of the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development. 

19 TITLE III 

20 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 

21 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

22 For necessary expenses to enable the President to 

23 carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

24 1961, and for other purposes, as follows: 


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1 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

3 of chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

4 Act of 1961, for global health activities, in addition to 

5 funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

6 $3,366,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 

7 2021, and which shall be apportioned directly to the 

8 United States Agency for International Development not 

9 later than 30 days after enactment of this Act: Provided, 

10 That this amount shall be made available for training, 

11 equipment, and technical assistance to build the capacity 

12 of public health institutions and organizations in devel13 oping countries, and for such activities as: (1) child sur14 vival and maternal health programs; (2) immunization and 

15 oral rehydration programs; (3) other health, nutrition, 

16 water and sanitation programs which directly address the 

17 needs of mothers and children, and related education pro18 grams; (4) assistance for children displaced or orphaned 

19 by causes other than AIDS; (5) programs for the preven20 tion, treatment, control of, and research on HIV/AIDS, 

21 tuberculosis, polio, malaria, and other infectious diseases 

22 including neglected tropical diseases, and for assistance to 

23 communities severely affected by HIV/AIDS, including 

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1 vent, prepare for, and respond to, unanticipated and 

2 emerging global health threats; and (8) family planning/ 

3 reproductive health: Provided further, That funds appro4 priated under this paragraph may be made available for 

5 a United States contribution to The GAVI Alliance: Pro6 vided further, That none of the funds made available in 

7 this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appro8 priations Acts may be made available to any organization 

9 or program which, as determined by the President of the 

10 United States, supports or participates in the manage11 ment of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary 

12 sterilization: Provided further, That any determination 

13 made under the previous proviso must be made not later 

14 than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, 

15 and must be accompanied by the evidence and criteria uti16 lized to make the determination: Provided further, That 

17 none of the funds made available under this Act may be 

18 used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method 

19 of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person 

20 to practice abortions: Provided further, That nothing in 

21 this paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing 

22 statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 

23 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, 

24 That none of the funds made available under this Act may 

25 be used to lobby for or against abortion: Provided further, 


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1 That in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing 

2 nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family 

3 planning projects which offer, either directly or through 

4 referral to, or information about access to, a broad range 

5 of family planning methods and services, and that any 

6 such voluntary family planning project shall meet the fol7 lowing requirements: (1) service providers or referral 

8 agents in the project shall not implement or be subject 

9 to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total number of 

10 births, number of family planning acceptors, or acceptors 

11 of a particular method of family planning (this provision 

12 shall not be construed to include the use of quantitative 

13 estimates or indicators for budgeting and planning pur14 poses); (2) the project shall not include payment of incen15 tives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A) an indi16 vidual in exchange for becoming a family planning accep17 tor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 

18 target or quota of total number of births, number of fam19 ily planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method 

20 of family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right 

21 or benefit, including the right of access to participate in 

22 any program of general welfare or the right of access to 

23 health care, as a consequence of any individual’s decision 

24 not to accept family planning services; (4) the project shall 

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1 mation on the health benefits and risks of the method cho2 sen, including those conditions that might render the use 

3 of the method inadvisable and those adverse side effects 

4 known to be consequent to the use of the method; and 

5 (5) the project shall ensure that experimental contracep6 tive drugs and devices and medical procedures are pro7 vided only in the context of a scientific study in which 

8 participants are advised of potential risks and benefits; 

9 and, not less than 60 days after the date on which the 

10 USAID Administrator determines that there has been a 

11 violation of the requirements contained in paragraph (1), 

12 (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a pattern or practice 

13 of violations of the requirements contained in paragraph 

14 (4) of this proviso, the Administrator shall submit to the 

15 Committees on Appropriations a report containing a de16 scription of such violation and the corrective action taken 

17 by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding grants 

18 for natural family planning under section 104 of the For19 eign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be discrimi20 nated against because of such applicant’s religious or con21 scientious commitment to offer only natural family plan22 ning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 

23 with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 

24 further, That for purposes of this or any other Act author25 izing or appropriating funds for the Department of State, 


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1 foreign operations, and related programs, the term ‘‘moti2 vate’’, as it relates to family planning assistance, shall not 

3 be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent with 

4 local law, of information or counseling about all pregnancy 

5 options: Provided further, That information provided 

6 about the use of condoms as part of projects or activities 

7 that are funded from amounts appropriated by this Act 

8 shall be medically accurate and shall include the public 

9 health benefits and failure rates of such use. 

10 In addition, for necessary expenses to carry out the 

11 provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the 

12 prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 

13 HIV/AIDS, $5,930,000,000, to remain available until 

14 September 30, 2024, which shall be apportioned directly 

15 to the Department of State not later than 30 days after 

16 enactment of this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated 

17 under this paragraph may be made available, notwith18 standing any other provision of law, except for the United 

19 States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and 

20 Malaria Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–25), for a United 

21 States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 

22 Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund): Provided further, 

23 That the amount of such contribution shall be 

24 $1,560,000,000 and shall be for the first installment of 

25 the sixth replenishment: Provided further, That up to 5 


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1 percent of the aggregate amount of funds made available 

2 to the Global Fund in fiscal year 2020 may be made avail3 able to USAID for technical assistance related to the ac4 tivities of the Global Fund, subject to the regular notifica5 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Pro6 vided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 

7 paragraph, up to $17,000,000 may be made available, in 

8 addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, 

9 for administrative expenses of the Office of the United 

10 States Global AIDS Coordinator. 

11 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

13 of sections 103, 105, 106, 214, and sections 251 through 

14 255, and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

15 Act of 1961, $4,164,867,000, to remain available until 

16 September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds made available 

17 under this heading shall be apportioned directly to the 

18 United States Agency for International Development not 

19 later than 30 days after enactment of this Act. 

20 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

22 of section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 

23 international disaster relief, rehabilitation, and recon24 struction assistance, $4,435,312,000, to remain available 

25 until expended, of which $1,733,980,000 is designated by 


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1 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

2 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

3 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

4 of 1985: Provided, That funds made available under this 

5 heading shall be apportioned to the United States Agency 

6 for International Development not later than 30 days after 

7 enactment of this Act. 

8 TRANSITION INITIATIVES

9 For necessary expenses for international disaster re10 habilitation and reconstruction assistance administered by 

11 the Office of Transition Initiatives, United States Agency 

12 for International Development, pursuant to section 491 of 

13 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $92,043,000, to re14 main available until expended, to support transition to de15 mocracy and long-term development of countries in crisis: 

16 Provided, That if the Secretary of State determines that 

17 it is important to the national interest of the United 

18 States to provide transition assistance in excess of the 

19 amount appropriated under this heading, up to 

20 $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to 

21 carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assist22 ance Act of 1961 may be used for purposes of this heading 

23 and under the authorities applicable to funds appropriated 

24 under this heading: Provided further, That funds made 

25 available pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made 


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1 available subject to prior consultation with the Committees 

2 on Appropriations. 

3 COMPLEX CRISES FUND

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

5 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to support pro6 grams and activities administered by the United States 

7 Agency for International Development to prevent or re8 spond to emerging or unforeseen foreign challenges and 

9 complex crises overseas, $30,000,000, to remain available 

10 until expended: Provided, That funds appropriated under 

11 this heading may be made available on such terms and 

12 conditions as are appropriate and necessary for the pur13 poses of preventing or responding to such challenges and 

14 crises, except that no funds shall be made available for 

15 lethal assistance or to respond to natural disasters: Pro16 vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 

17 may be made available notwithstanding any other provi18 sion of law, except sections 7007, 7008, and 7018 of this 

19 Act and section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

20 1961: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

21 this heading may be used for administrative expenses, in 

22 addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 

23 except that such expenses may not exceed 5 percent of 

24 the funds appropriated under this heading: Provided fur25 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 


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1 apportioned to USAID not later than 30 days after enact2 ment of this Act: Provided further, That funds appro3 priated under this heading shall be subject to the regular 

4 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria5 tions, except that such notifications shall be transmitted 

6 at least 5 days prior to the obligation of funds. 

7 DEMOCRACY FUND

8 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

9 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion 

10 of democracy globally, including to carry out the purposes 

11 of section 502(b)(3) and (5) of Public Law 98–164 (22 

12 U.S.C. 4411), $172,700,000, to remain available until 

13 September 30, 2021, which shall be made available for the 

14 Human Rights and Democracy Fund of the Bureau of De15 mocracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of 

16 State: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head17 ing that are made available to the National Endowment 

18 for Democracy and its core institutes are in addition to 

19 amounts otherwise available by this Act for such purposes: 

20 Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary for Democ21 racy, Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, 

22 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations prior 

23 to the initial obligation of funds appropriated under this 

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1 For an additional amount for such purposes, 

2 $101,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

3 2021, which shall be made available for the Bureau for 

4 Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, 

5 United States Agency for International Development. 

6 ASSISTANCE FOR EUROPE, EURASIA AND CENTRAL ASIA

7 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

8 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the FREEDOM 

9 Support Act (Public Law 102–511), and the Support for 

10 Eastern European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (Pub11 lic Law 101–179), $770,334,000, to remain available until 

12 September 30, 2021, which shall be available, notwith13 standing any other provision of law, except section 7046 

14 of this Act, for assistance and related programs for coun15 tries identified in section 3 of Public Law 102–511 (22 

16 U.S.C. 5801) and section 3(c) of Public Law 101–179 (22 

17 U.S.C. 5402), in addition to funds otherwise available for 

18 such purposes: Provided, That funds appropriated by this 

19 Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘De20 velopment Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and 

21 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 

22 that are made available for assistance for such countries 

23 shall be administered in accordance with the responsibil24 ities of the coordinator designated pursuant to section 102 

25 of Public Law 102–511 and section 601 of Public Law 


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1 101–179: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

2 under this heading shall be considered to be economic as3 sistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for 

4 purposes of making available the administrative authori5 ties contained in that Act for the use of economic assist6 ance: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 

7 this heading may be made available for contributions to 

8 multilateral initiatives to counter hybrid threats: Provided 

9 further, That any notification of funds made available 

10 under this heading in this Act or prior Acts making appro11 priations for the Department of State, foreign operations, 

12 and related programs shall include information (if known 

13 on the date of transmittal of such notification) on the use 

14 of notwithstanding authority: Provided further, That if 

15 subsequent to the notification of assistance it becomes nec16 essary to rely on notwithstanding authority, the Commit17 tees on Appropriations should be informed at the earliest 

18 opportunity and to the extent practicable. 

19 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

20 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE

21 For necessary expenses not otherwise provided for, 

22 to enable the Secretary of State to carry out the provisions 

23 of section 2(a) and (b) of the Migration and Refugee As24 sistance Act of 1962, and other activities to meet refugee 

25 and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel 


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1 and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act 

2 of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 

3 through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and 

4 hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as author5 ized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

6 $3,532,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 

7 which $1,400,124,000 is designated by the Congress for 

8 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter9 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: 

11 Provided, That not less than $35,000,000 shall be made 

12 available to respond to small-scale emergency humani13 tarian requirements, and $5,000,000 shall be made avail14 able for refugees resettling in Israel. 

15 UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION

16 ASSISTANCE FUND

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

18 of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance 

19 Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), 

20 $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 

21 That amounts in excess of the limitation contained in 

22 paragraph (2) of such section shall be transferred to, and 

23 merged with, funds made available by this Act under the 

24 heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’. 


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1 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

2 PEACE CORPS

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

5 of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), including 

6 the purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles 

7 for administrative purposes for use outside of the United 

8 States, $425,000,000, of which $6,330,000 is for the Of9 fice of Inspector General, to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That the Director of the Peace 

11 Corps may transfer to the Foreign Currency Fluctuations 

12 Account, as authorized by section 16 of the Peace Corps 

13 Act (22 U.S.C. 2515), an amount not to exceed 

14 $5,000,000: Provided further, That funds transferred pur15 suant to the previous proviso may not be derived from 

16 amounts made available for Peace Corps overseas oper17 ations: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

18 under this heading, not to exceed $104,000 may be avail19 able for representation expenses, of which not to exceed 

20 $4,000 may be made available for entertainment expenses: 

21 Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 

22 under this heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Pro23 vided further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, 

24 section 614 of division E of Public Law 113–76 shall 

25 apply to funds appropriated under this heading. 


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1 MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

3 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7701 

4 et seq.) (MCA), $905,000,000, to remain available until 

5 expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

6 this heading, up to $109,000,000 may be available for ad7 ministrative expenses of the Millennium Challenge Cor8 poration, except that such funds shall remain available for 

9 obligation until September 30, 2021: Provided further, 

10 That section 605(e) of the MCA shall apply to funds ap11 propriated under this heading: Provided further, That 

12 funds appropriated under this heading may be made avail13 able for a Millennium Challenge Compact entered into 

14 pursuant to section 609 of the MCA only if such Compact 

15 obligates, or contains a commitment to obligate subject to 

16 the availability of funds and the mutual agreement of the 

17 parties to the Compact to proceed, the entire amount of 

18 the United States Government funding anticipated for the 

19 duration of the Compact: Provided further, That no coun20 try should be eligible for a threshold program after such 

21 country has completed a country compact: Provided fur22 ther, That any funds that are deobligated from a Millen23 nium Challenge Compact shall be subject to the regular 

24 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria25 tions prior to re-obligation: Provided further, That of the 


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1 funds appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 

2 $100,000 may be available for representation and enter3 tainment expenses, of which not to exceed $5,000 may be 

4 available for entertainment expenses. 

5 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the functions of 

7 the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the 

8 provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act 

9 of 1969, $32,500,000, to remain available until September 

10 30, 2021: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

11 this heading, not to exceed $2,000 may be available for 

12 representation expenses. 

13 UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the African De15 velopment Foundation Act (title V of Public Law 96–533; 

16 22 U.S.C. 290h et seq.), $30,000,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2021, of which not to exceed $2,000 

18 may be available for representation expenses: Provided, 

19 That funds made available to grantees may be invested 

20 pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized 

21 by the Board of Directors of the United States African 

22 Development Foundation (USADF): Provided further, 

23 That interest earned shall be used only for the purposes 

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1 ment Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 290h–3(a)(2)), in excep2 tional circumstances the Board of Directors of the 

3 USADF may waive the $250,000 limitation contained in 

4 that section with respect to a project and a project may 

5 exceed the limitation by up to 10 percent if the increase 

6 is due solely to foreign currency fluctuation: Provided fur7 ther, That the USADF shall submit a report to the appro8 priate congressional committees after each time such waiv9 er authority is exercised: Provided further, That the 

10 USADF may make rent or lease payments in advance 

11 from appropriations available for such purpose for offices, 

12 buildings, grounds, and quarters in Africa as may be nec13 essary to carry out its functions: Provided further, That 

14 the USADF may maintain bank accounts outside the 

15 United States Treasury and retain any interest earned on 

16 such accounts, in furtherance of the purposes of the Afri17 can Development Foundation Act: Provided further, That 

18 the USADF may not withdraw any appropriation from the 

19 Treasury prior to the need of spending such funds for pro20 gram purposes. 

21 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

22 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

24 of section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

25 $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, of which 


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1 not more than $6,000,000 may be used for administrative 

2 expenses: Provided, That amounts made available under 

3 this heading may be made available to contract for services 

4 as described in section 129(d)(3)(A) of the Foreign Assist5 ance Act of 1961, without regard to the location in which 

6 such services are performed. 

7 TITLE IV 

8 INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE 

9 DEPARTMENT OF STATE

10 ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

12 of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

13 1961, $2,153,763,000, to remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That funds designated for a 

15 Diplomatic Progress Fund in the table under this heading 

16 in the report accompanying this Act shall be subject to 

17 prior consultation with, and the regular notification proce18 dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur19 ther, That funds made available under this heading shall 

20 be apportioned not later than 30 days after enactment of 

21 this Act. 

22 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL AND LAW

23 ENFORCEMENT

24 For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of 

25 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $1,410,665,000, to 


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1 remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 

2 That the Department of State may use the authority of 

3 section 608 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, with4 out regard to its restrictions, to receive excess property 

5 from an agency of the United States Government for the 

6 purpose of providing such property to a foreign country 

7 or international organization under chapter 8 of part I of 

8 such Act, subject to the regular notification procedures of 

9 the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

10 section 482(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 

11 not apply to funds appropriated under this heading, except 

12 that any funds made available notwithstanding such sec13 tion shall be subject to the regular notification procedures 

14 of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, 

15 That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 

16 available to support training and technical assistance for 

17 foreign law enforcement, corrections, judges, and other ju18 dicial authorities, utilizing regional partners: Provided fur19 ther, That of the funds provided under this heading, not 

20 less than $8,000,000 shall be made available for DNA fo21 rensic technology programs to combat human trafficking 

22 in Central America and Mexico: Provided further, That 

23 funds made available under this heading that are trans24 ferred to another department, agency, or instrumentality 

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1 632(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in 

2 excess of $5,000,000, and any agreement made pursuant 

3 to section 632(a) of such Act, shall be subject to the reg4 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro5 priations. 

6 NONPROLIFERATION, ANTI-TERRORISM, DEMINING AND

7 RELATED PROGRAMS

8 For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-ter9 rorism, demining and related programs and activities, 

10 $886,850,000, to remain available until September 30, 

11 2021, to carry out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II 

12 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism 

13 assistance, chapter 9 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

14 Act of 1961, section 504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, 

15 section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, or the Foreign 

16 Assistance Act of 1961 for demining activities, the clear17 ance of unexploded ordnance, the destruction of small 

18 arms, and related activities, notwithstanding any other 

19 provision of law, including activities implemented through 

20 nongovernmental and international organizations, and sec21 tion 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for a 

22 United States contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear 

23 Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission, and for a vol24 untary contribution to the International Atomic Energy 

25 Agency (IAEA): Provided, That funds made available 


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1 under this heading for the Nonproliferation and Disar2 mament Fund shall be made available, notwithstanding 

3 any other provision of law and subject to prior consulta4 tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 

5 Committees on Appropriations, to promote bilateral and 

6 multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation, disar7 mament, and weapons destruction, and shall remain avail8 able until expended: Provided further, That such funds 

9 may also be used for such countries other than the Inde10 pendent States of the former Soviet Union and inter11 national organizations when it is in the national security 

12 interest of the United States to do so: Provided further, 

13 That funds appropriated under this heading may be made 

14 available for the IAEA unless the Secretary of State deter15 mines that Israel is being denied its right to participate 

16 in the activities of that Agency: Provided further, That 

17 funds made available for conventional weapons destruction 

18 programs, including demining and related activities, in ad19 dition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, may 

20 be used for administrative expenses related to the oper21 ation and management of such programs and activities, 

22 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com23 mittees on Appropriations. 


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1 PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

3 of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

4 $516,348,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2021, and of which $325,213,000 is designated by the 

6 Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

7 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

8 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

9 of 1985: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 

10 heading may be used, notwithstanding section 660 of such 

11 Act, to provide assistance to enhance the capacity of for12 eign civilian security forces, including gendarmes, to par13 ticipate in peacekeeping operations: Provided further, That 

14 of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 

15 than $31,000,000 shall be made available for a United 

16 States contribution to the Multinational Force and Ob17 servers mission in the Sinai and not less than $71,000,000 

18 shall be made available for the Global Peace Operations 

19 Initiative: Provided further, That funds made available 

20 under this heading and designated for Overseas Contin21 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism, may be used 

22 to pay assessed expenses of international peacekeeping ac23 tivities in Somalia under the same terms and conditions, 

24 as applicable, as funds appropriated by this Act under the 

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1 Activities’’: Provided further, That of the funds appro2 priated under this heading, not less than $42,120,000 

3 shall be disbursed to the United Nations not later than 

4 45 days after the enactment of this Act for the remaining 

5 amounts necessary to pay in full for fiscal years 2017 and 

6 2018 the United States share of the costs of peacekeeping 

7 activities in Somalia in accordance with section 

8 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

9 Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, (22 U.S.C. 287e note), as 

10 amended by section 7048(h) of this Act: Provided further, 

11 That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 

12 shall be obligated except as provided through the regular 

13 notification procedures of the Committees on Appropria14 tions. 

15 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

16 INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

18 of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

19 $110,875,000, of which up to $11,000,000 may remain 

20 available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the 

21 civilian personnel for whom military education and train22 ing may be provided under this heading may include civil23 ians who are not members of a government whose partici24 pation would contribute to improved civil-military rela25 tions, civilian control of the military, or respect for human 


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1 rights: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated 

2 under this heading, not to exceed $50,000 may be avail3 able for entertainment expenses. 

4 FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses for grants to enable the 

6 President to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the 

7 Arms Export Control Act, $6,109,121,000, of which 

8 $350,678,000 is designated by the Congress for Overseas 

9 Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursu10 ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget 

11 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and shall re12 main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 

13 to expedite the provision of assistance to foreign countries 

14 and international organizations, the Secretary of State, 

15 following consultation with the Committees on Appropria16 tions and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

17 such Committees, may use the funds appropriated under 

18 this heading to procure defense articles and services to en19 hance the capacity of foreign security forces: Provided fur20 ther, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 

21 not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available for grants 

22 only for Israel which shall be disbursed within 30 days 

23 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That to the 

24 extent that the Government of Israel requests that funds 

25 be used for such purposes, grants made available for Israel 


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1 under this heading shall, as agreed by the United States 

2 and Israel, be available for advanced weapons systems, of 

3 which not less than $805,300,000 shall be available for 

4 the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense 

5 services, including research and development: Provided 

6 further, That funds appropriated or otherwise made avail7 able under this heading shall be nonrepayable notwith8 standing any requirement in section 23 of the Arms Ex9 port Control Act: Provided further, That funds made avail10 able under this heading shall be obligated upon apportion11 ment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of section 

12 1501(a) of title 31, United States Code. 

13 None of the funds made available under this heading 

14 shall be available to finance the procurement of defense 

15 articles, defense services, or design and construction serv16 ices that are not sold by the United States Government 

17 under the Arms Export Control Act unless the foreign 

18 country proposing to make such procurement has first 

19 signed an agreement with the United States Government 

20 specifying the conditions under which such procurement 

21 may be financed with such funds: Provided, That all coun22 try and funding level increases in allocations shall be sub23 mitted through the regular notification procedures of sec24 tion 7015 of this Act: Provided further, That funds made 

25 available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding 


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1 any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of 

2 unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may in3 clude activities implemented through nongovernmental 

4 and international organizations: Provided further, That 

5 funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended 

6 at the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment 

7 for defense articles and services: Provided further, That 

8 not more than $70,000,000 of the funds appropriated 

9 under this heading may be obligated for necessary ex10 penses, including the purchase of passenger motor vehicles 

11 for replacement only for use outside of the United States, 

12 for the general costs of administering military assistance 

13 and sales, except that this limitation may be exceeded only 

14 through the regular notification procedures of the Com15 mittees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the 

16 funds made available under this heading for general costs 

17 of administering military assistance and sales, not to ex18 ceed $4,000 may be available for entertainment expenses 

19 and not to exceed $130,000 may be available for represen20 tation expenses: Provided further, That not more than 

21 $1,009,700,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 

22 21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obli23 gated for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense 

24 during fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 43(b) of the 

25 Arms Export Control Act, except that this limitation may 


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1 be exceeded only through the regular notification proce2 dures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided fur3 ther, That funds made available under this heading shall 

4 be apportioned not later than 30 days after enactment of 

5 this Act. 

6 TITLE V 

7 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 

8 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT

9 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

11 of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

12 $646,500,000: Provided, That section 307(a) of the For13 eign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to contribu14 tions to the United Nations Democracy Fund. 

15 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

16 GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY

17 For payment to the International Bank for Recon18 struction and Development as trustee for the Global Envi19 ronment Facility by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

20 $139,575,000, to remain available until, and to be fully 

21 disbursed no later than, September 30, 2021: Provided, 

22 That of such amount, $136,563,000, which shall remain 

23 available until September 30, 2020, is only available for 

24 the second installment of the seventh replenishment of the 

25 Global Environment Facility, and shall be obligated and 


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1 disbursed not later than 90 days after enactment of this 

2 Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall report to 

3 the Committees on Appropriations on the status of funds 

4 provided under this heading not less than quarterly until 

5 fully disbursed: Provided further, That in such report the 

6 Secretary shall provide a timeline for the obligation and 

7 disbursement of any funds that have not yet been obli8 gated or disbursed. 

9 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR

10 RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

11 For payment to the International Bank for Recon12 struction and Development by the Secretary of the Treas13 ury for the United States share of the paid-in portion of 

14 the increases in capital stock, $206,500,000, to remain 

15 available until expended. 

16 LIMITATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS

17 The United States Governor of the International 

18 Bank for Reconstruction and Development may subscribe 

19 without fiscal year limitation to the callable capital portion 

20 of the United States share of increases in capital stock 

21 in an amount not to exceed $1,421,275,728.70. 


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1 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

2 ASSOCIATION

3 For payment to the International Development Asso4 ciation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $1,097,010,000, 

5 to remain available until expended. 

6 CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

7 For payment to the Asian Development Bank’s Asian 

8 Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

9 $47,395,000, to remain available until expended. 

10 CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

11 For payment to the African Development Fund by 

12 the Secretary of the Treasury, $171,300,000, to remain 

13 available until expended. 

14 CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR

15 AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

16 For payment to the International Fund for Agricul17 tural Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, 

18 $30,000,000, to remain available until, and to be fully dis19 bursed no later than, September 30, 2021, for the second 

20 installment of the eleventh replenishment of the Inter21 national Fund for Agricultural Development: Provided, 

22 That the Secretary of the Treasury shall report to the 

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1 vide a timeline for the obligation and disbursement of any 

2 funds that have not yet been obligated or disbursed. 

3 TITLE VI 

4 EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE 

5 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

6 INSPECTOR GENERAL

7 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

8 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

9 General Act of 1978, as amended, $5,700,000, of which 

10 up to $855,000 may remain available until September 30, 

11 2021. 

12 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

13 The Export-Import Bank of the United States is au14 thorized to make such expenditures within the limits of 

15 funds and borrowing authority available to such corpora16 tion, and in accordance with law, and to make such con17 tracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limi18 tations, as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 

19 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro20 gram for the current fiscal year for such corporation: Pro21 vided, That none of the funds available during the current 

22 fiscal year may be used to make expenditures, contracts, 

23 or commitments for the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, 

24 or technology to any country, other than a nuclear-weapon 

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1 Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to receive eco2 nomic or military assistance under this Act, that has deto3 nated a nuclear explosive after the date of enactment of 

4 this Act. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

6 For administrative expenses to carry out the direct 

7 and guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including 

8 hire of passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized 

9 by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, and not 

10 to exceed $30,000 for official reception and representation 

11 expenses for members of the Board of Directors, not to 

12 exceed $110,000,000, of which up to $16,500,000 may re13 main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That 

14 the Export-Import Bank (the Bank) may accept, and use, 

15 payment or services provided by transaction participants 

16 for legal, financial, or technical services in connection with 

17 any transaction for which an application for a loan, guar18 antee or insurance commitment has been made: Provided 

19 further, That the Bank shall charge fees for necessary ex20 penses (including special services performed on a contract 

21 or fee basis, but not including other personal services) in 

22 connection with the collection of moneys owed the Bank, 

23 repossession or sale of pledged collateral or other assets 

24 acquired by the Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the 

25 Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, 


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1 or the evaluation of the legal, financial, or technical as2 pects of any transaction for which an application for a 

3 loan, guarantee or insurance commitment has been made, 

4 or systems infrastructure directly supporting transactions: 

5 Provided further, That in addition to other funds appro6 priated for administrative expenses, such fees shall be 

7 credited to this account for such purposes, to remain avail8 able until expended. 

9 RECEIPTS COLLECTED

10 Receipts collected pursuant to the Export-Import 

11 Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173) and the Federal 

12 Credit Reform Act of 1990, in an amount not to exceed 

13 the amount appropriated herein, shall be credited as off14 setting collections to this account: Provided, That the 

15 sums herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be 

16 reduced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by such offsetting col17 lections so as to result in a final fiscal year appropriation 

18 from the General Fund estimated at $0. 

19 UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

20 FINANCE CORPORATION

21 INSPECTOR GENERAL

22 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

23 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

24 General Act of 1978, as amended, $2,000,000, to remain 

25 available until September 30, 2021. 


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1 CORPORATE CAPITAL ACCOUNT

2 The United States International Development Fi3 nance Corporation (the Corporation) is authorized to 

4 make such expenditures and commitments within the lim5 its of funds and borrowing authority available to the Cor6 poration, and in accordance with the law, and to make 

7 such expenditures and commitments without regard to fis8 cal year limitations, as provided by section 9104 of title 

9 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in carrying 

10 out the programs for the current fiscal year for the Cor11 poration: Provided, That for necessary expenses of the ac12 tivities described in subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) 

13 of section 1421 of the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F 

14 of Public Law 115–254), $189,000,000: Provided further, 

15 That of the amount provided—(1) $101,000,000 shall re16 main available until September 30, 2021 for administra17 tive expenses to carry out authorized activities (including 

18 an amount for official reception and representation ex19 penses which shall not exceed $25,000); (2) $8,000,000 

20 shall remain available until September 30, 2021 for 

21 project-specific transaction costs as described in section 

22 1434(k) of such Act; (3) $50,000,000 shall remain avail23 able until September 30, 2021 for the activities described 

24 in section 1421(c) of such Act; and (4) $30,000,000 shall 

25 be paid to the ‘‘United States International Development 


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1 Finance Corporation—Program Account’’ for programs as 

2 authorized by section 1421(b), (e), and (f) of the BUILD 

3 Act of 2018: Provided further, That in this fiscal year, 

4 the Corporation shall collect the amounts described in sec5 tion 1434(h) of the BUILD Act of 2018: Provided further, 

6 That in fiscal year 2020 such collections shall be credited 

7 as offsetting collections to this appropriation: Provided 

8 further, such collections collected in fiscal year 2020 in 

9 excess of $189,000,000 shall be credited to this account 

10 and shall be available in future fiscal years only to the 

11 extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts: Pro12 vided further, That in fiscal year 2020, if such collections 

13 are less than $189,000,000, receipts collected pursuant to 

14 the BUILD Act of 2018 and the Federal Credit Reform 

15 Act of 1990, in an amount equal to such shortfall, shall 

16 be credited as offsetting collections to this appropriation: 

17 Provided further, That funds appropriated or otherwise 

18 made available under this heading may not be used to pro19 vide any type of assistance that is otherwise prohibited 

20 by any other provision of law or to provide assistance to 

21 any foreign country that is otherwise prohibited by any 

22 other provision of law: Provided further, That the sums 

23 herein appropriated from the General Fund shall be re24 duced on a dollar-for-dollar basis by the offsetting collec25 tions described under this heading so as to result in a final 


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1 fiscal year appropriation from the General Fund estimated 

2 at $0. 

3 PROGRAM ACCOUNT

4 Amounts paid from ‘‘United States International De5 velopment Finance Corporation—Corporate Capital Ac6 count’’ (CCA) shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2021: Provided, That not to exceed $80,000,000 of 

8 amounts paid to this account from CCA or transferred 

9 pursuant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 

10 (division F of Public Law 115-254) shall be available for 

11 the cost of direct and guaranteed loans provided by the 

12 Corporation pursuant to section 1421(b) of such Act: Pro13 vided further, That such costs, including the cost of modi14 fying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 

15 Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

16 such amounts obligated in a fiscal year shall remain avail17 able for disbursement for the following eight fiscal years: 

18 Provided further, That funds transferred to carry out the 

19 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 pursuant to section 

20 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 may remain available 

21 for obligation for one additional fiscal year: Provided fur22 ther, That the total loan principal or guaranteed principal 

23 amount shall not exceed $8,000,000,000. 


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1 TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY

2 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

3 of section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

4 $75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 

5 2021, of which no more than $19,000,000 may be used 

6 for administrative expenses: Provided, That of the funds 

7 appropriated under this heading, not more than $5,000 

8 may be available for representation and entertainment ex9 penses. 

10 TITLE VII 

11 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

12 ALLOWANCES AND DIFFERENTIALS

13 SEC. 7001. Funds appropriated under title I of this 

14 Act shall be available, except as otherwise provided, for 

15 allowances and differentials as authorized by subchapter 

16 59 of title 5, United States Code; for services as author17 ized by section 3109 of such title and for hire of passenger 

18 transportation pursuant to section 1343(b) of title 31, 

19 United States Code. 

20 UNOBLIGATED BALANCES REPORT

21 SEC. 7002. Any department or agency of the United 

22 States Government to which funds are appropriated or 

23 otherwise made available by this Act shall provide to the 

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1 pended, balances by program, project, and activity, and 

2 Treasury Account Fund Symbol of all funds received by 

3 such department or agency in fiscal year 2020 or any pre4 vious fiscal year, disaggregated by fiscal year: Provided, 

5 That the report required by this section shall be submitted 

6 not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal quarter 

7 and should specify by account the amount of funds obli8 gated pursuant to bilateral agreements which have not 

9 been further sub-obligated. 

10 CONSULTING SERVICES

11 SEC. 7003. The expenditure of any appropriation 

12 under title I of this Act for any consulting service through 

13 procurement contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 

14 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

15 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

16 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro17 vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

18 issued pursuant to existing law. 

19 DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES

20 SEC. 7004. (a) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding para21 graph (2) of section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Con22 struction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of 

23 division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 

24 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113 and contained in ap25 pendix G of that Act), as amended by section 111 of the 


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1 Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 

2 (Public Law 114–323), a project to construct a facility 

3 of the United States may include office space or other ac4 commodations for members of the United States Marine 

5 Corps. 

6 (b) NEW DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.—For the pur7 poses of calculating the fiscal year 2020 costs of providing 

8 new United States diplomatic facilities in accordance with 

9 section 604(e) of the Secure Embassy Construction and 

10 Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note), the 

11 Secretary of State, in consultation with the Director of 

12 the Office of Management and Budget, shall determine the 

13 annual program level and agency shares in a manner that 

14 is proportional to the contribution of the Department of 

15 State for this purpose. 

16 (c) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.—Funds ap17 propriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria18 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

19 related programs, which may be made available for the 

20 acquisition of property or award of construction contracts 

21 for overseas United States diplomatic facilities during fis22 cal year 2020, shall be subject to prior consultation with, 

23 and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

24 on Appropriations: Provided, That notifications pursuant 

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1 ated under the heading ‘‘Embassy Security, Construction, 

2 and Maintenance’’ in the report accompanying this Act. 

3 (d) INTERIM AND TEMPORARY FACILITIES

4 ABROAD.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

5 the opening, closure, or any significant modification to an 

6 interim or temporary United States diplomatic facility 

7 shall be subject to prior consultation with the appropriate 

8 congressional committees and the regular notification pro9 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, except that 

10 such consultation and notification may be waived if there 

11 is a security risk to personnel. 

12 PERSONNEL ACTIONS

13 SEC. 7005. Any costs incurred by a department or 

14 agency funded under title I of this Act resulting from per15 sonnel actions taken in response to funding reductions in16 cluded in this Act shall be absorbed within the total budg17 etary resources available under title I to such department 

18 or agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds 

19 between appropriations accounts as may be necessary to 

20 carry out this section is provided in addition to authorities 

21 included elsewhere in this Act: Provided further, That use 

22 of funds to carry out this section shall be treated as a 

23 reprogramming of funds under section 7015 of this Act. 

24 DEPARTMENT AND AGENCY MANAGEMENT

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1 (1) WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds appropriated 

2 by this Act or otherwise made available to the Department 

3 of State for payments to the Working Capital Fund may 

4 only be used for the service centers included in the Con5 gressional Budget Justification, Department of State, 

6 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Fiscal Year 

7 2020: Provided, That the amounts for such service centers 

8 shall be the amounts included in such budget justification, 

9 except as provided in section 7015(b) of this Act: Provided 

10 further, That Federal agency components shall be charged 

11 only for their direct usage of each Working Capital Fund 

12 service: Provided further, That prior to increasing the per13 centage charged to Department of State bureaus and of14 fices for procurement-related activities, the Secretary of 

15 State shall include the proposed increase in the Depart16 ment of State budget justification or, at least 60 days 

17 prior to the increase, provide the Committees on Appro18 priations a justification for such increase, including a de19 tailed assessment of the cost and benefit of the services 

20 provided by the procurement fee: Provided further, That 

21 Federal agency components may only pay for Working 

22 Capital Fund services that are consistent with the purpose 

23 and authorities of such components: Provided further, 

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1 or reimbursed at rates which will return the full cost of 

2 each service. 

3 (2) STATE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 

4 (A) Funds made available by this Act are made 

5 available to support the permanent Foreign Service 

6 and Civil Service staff levels of the Department of 

7 State at not less than the on-board levels in fiscal 

8 year 2016. 

9 (B) The use of funds appropriated by this Act 

10 to implement any plan to expand or reduce the size 

11 of the permanent Civil Service or Foreign Service 

12 workforce at the Department of State from on-board 

13 levels in fiscal year 2016 shall be subject to prior 

14 consultation with, and the regular notification proce15 dures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro16 vided, That such notification shall include the re17 quirements enumerated in section 7062(b) of this 

18 Act. 

19 (C) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 

20 this Act, and every 60 days thereafter until Sep21 tember 30, 2021, the Secretary of State shall report 

22 to the appropriate congressional committees on the 

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1 partment of State, on an operating unit-by-operating 

2 unit basis: Provided, That such report shall also in3 clude a hiring plan, including timelines, for main4 taining the agency-wide, on-board Foreign Service 

5 and Civil Service at not less than the on-board levels 

6 in fiscal year 2016. 

7 (3) BUREAU OF POPULATION, REFUGEES, AND MI8 GRATION, DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—None of the funds 

9 appropriated by this Act, prior Acts making appropria10 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

11 related programs, or any other Act, may be used to 

12 downsize, downgrade, consolidate, close, move, or relocate 

13 the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, De14 partment of State, or any activities of such Bureau, to 

15 another Federal agency. 

16 (4) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—Funds appro17 priated by this Act— 

18 (A) under the heading ‘‘Migration and Refugee 

19 Assistance’’ shall be administered by the Assistant 

20 Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, 

21 Department of State, and this responsibility shall 

22 not be delegated; and 

23 (B) that are made available for the Office of 

24 Global Women’s Issues shall be administered by the 

25 United States Ambassador-at-Large for Global 


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1 Women’s Issues, Department of State, and this re2 sponsibility shall not be delegated. 

3 (5) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM.— 

4 (A) None of the funds appropriated in title I of 

5 this Act under the heading ‘‘Administration of For6 eign Affairs’’ may be made available for a new major 

7 information technology (IT) investment without the 

8 concurrence of the Chief Information Officer, De9 partment of State. 

10 (B) None of the funds made available by this 

11 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 

12 Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

13 programs may be used by an agency to submit a 

14 project proposal to the Technology Modernization 

15 Board for funding from the Technology Moderniza16 tion Fund unless, not later than 15 days in advance 

17 of submitting the project proposal to the Board, the 

18 head of the agency— 

19 (i) notifies the Committees on Appropria20 tions of the proposed submission of the project 

21 proposal; and 

22 (ii) submits to the Committees on Appro23 priations a copy of the project proposal. 

24 (C) None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act and prior Acts making appropriations for the 


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1 Department of State, foreign operations, and related 

2 programs may be used by an agency to carry out a 

3 project that is approved by the Board unless the 

4 head of the agency— 

5 (i) submits to the Committees on Appro6 priations a copy of the approved project pro7 posal, including the terms of reimbursement of 

8 funding received for the project; and 

9 (ii) agrees to submit to the Committees on 

10 Appropriations a copy of each report relating to 

11 the project that the head of the agency submits 

12 to the Board. 

13 (b) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL

14 DEVELOPMENT.— 

15 (1) AUTHORITY.—Up to $93,000,000 of the funds 

16 made available in titles III and IV of this Act pursuant 

17 to or to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign 

18 Assistance Act of 1961, including funds appropriated 

19 under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

20 Central Asia’’, may be used by the United States Agency 

21 for International Development to hire and employ individ22 uals in the United States and overseas on a limited ap23 pointment basis pursuant to the authority of sections 308 

24 and 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

25 3948 and 3949). 


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1 (2) RESTRICTION.—The authority to hire individuals 

2 contained in paragraph (1) shall expire on September 30, 

3 2021. 

4 (3) PROGRAM ACCOUNT CHARGED.—The account 

5 charged for the cost of an individual hired and employed 

6 under the authority of this subsection shall be the account 

7 to which the responsibilities of such individual primarily 

8 relate: Provided, That funds made available to carry out 

9 this subsection may be transferred to, and merged with, 

10 funds appropriated by this Act in title II under the head11 ing ‘‘Operating Expenses’’. 

12 (4) FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED EXTENSIONS.—Indi13 viduals hired and employed by USAID, with funds made 

14 available in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

15 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re16 lated programs, pursuant to the authority of section 309 

17 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949), may 

18 be extended for a period of up to 4 years notwithstanding 

19 the limitation set forth in such section. 

20 (5) DISASTER SURGE CAPACITY.—Funds appro21 priated under titles III and IV of this Act to carry out 

22 the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

23 1961, including funds appropriated under the heading 

24 ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, may 

25 be used, in addition to funds otherwise available for such 


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1 purposes, for the cost (including the support costs) of indi2 viduals detailed to or employed by USAID whose primary 

3 responsibility is to carry out programs in response to nat4 ural disasters, or man-made disasters subject to the reg5 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro6 priations. 

7 (6) PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTORS.—Funds ap8 propriated by this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, 

9 chapter 4 of part II, and section 667 of the Foreign As10 sistance Act of 1961, and title II of the Food for Peace 

11 Act (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be 

12 used by USAID to employ up to 40 personal services con13 tractors in the United States, notwithstanding any other 

14 provision of law, for the purpose of providing direct, in15 terim support for new or expanded overseas programs and 

16 activities managed by the agency until permanent direct 

17 hire personnel are hired and trained: Provided, That not 

18 more than 15 of such contractors shall be assigned to any 

19 bureau or office: Provided further, That such funds appro20 priated to carry out title II of the Food for Peace Act 

21 (Public Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.), may be made 

22 available only for personal services contractors assigned 

23 to the Office of Food for Peace. 

24 (7) SMALL BUSINESS.—In entering into multiple 

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1 priated by this Act, USAID may provide an exception to 

2 the fair opportunity process for placing task orders under 

3 such contracts when the order is placed with any category 

4 of small or small disadvantaged business. 

5 (8) SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE LIMITED APPOINT6 MENTS.—Individuals hired pursuant to the authority pro7 vided by section 7059(o) of the Department of State, For8 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

9 Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) may be 

10 assigned to or support programs in Afghanistan or Paki11 stan with funds made available in this Act and prior Acts 

12 making appropriations for the Department of State, for13 eign operations, and related programs. 

14 (9) USAID PERSONNEL LEVELS.— 

15 (A) Funds made available by this Act are made 

16 available to support the permanent Foreign Service 

17 and Civil Service staff levels of USAID at not less 

18 than the levels funded in fiscal year 2016. 

19 (B) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 

20 this Act, and every 60 days thereafter until Sep21 tember 30, 2021, the USAID Administrator shall re22 port to the appropriate congressional committees on 

23 the on-board personnel levels, hiring, and attrition of 

24 the Civil Service, Foreign Service, and foreign serv25 ice national workforce of USAID, on an operating 


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1 unit-by-operating unit basis: Provided, That such re2 port shall also include a hiring plan, including 

3 timelines, for maintaining the permanent Foreign 

4 Service and Civil Service at not less than the levels 

5 funded in fiscal year 2016. 

6 (10) USAID REORGANIZATION.— 

7 (A) Not later than 30 days after enactment of 

8 this Act, and quarterly thereafter until September 

9 30, 2021, the USAID Administrator shall submit a 

10 report to the appropriate congressional committees 

11 on the status of USAID’s reorganization as de12 scribed in the report accompanying this Act. 

13 (B) The use of funds appropriated by this Act 

14 to implement any plan to expand or reduce the size 

15 of the permanent Civil Service or Foreign Service 

16 workforce at USAID from funded levels in fiscal 

17 year 2016 shall be subject to prior consultation with, 

18 and the regular notification procedures of, the Com19 mittees on Appropriations: Provided, That such noti20 fication shall include the requirements enumerated 

21 in section 7062(b) of this Act. 

22 (c) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REVIEW.—Programmatic, 

23 funding, and organizational changes resulting from imple24 mentation of the Foreign Assistance Review shall be sub25 ject to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 


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1 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations: Pro2 vided, That such notifications may be submitted in classi3 fied form, if necessary. 

4 PROHIBITION AGAINST DIRECT FUNDING FOR CERTAIN

5 COUNTRIES

6 SEC. 7007. None of the funds appropriated or other7 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

8 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

9 any assistance or reparations for the governments of 

10 Cuba, North Korea, Iran, or Syria: Provided, That for 

11 purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or 

12 expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance, 

13 and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents. 

14 COUPS D’E ́TAT

15 SEC. 7008. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available pursuant to titles III through VI of 

17 this Act shall be obligated or expended to finance directly 

18 any assistance to the government of any country whose 

19 duly elected head of government is deposed by military 

20 coup d’e ́tat or decree or, after the date of enactment of 

21 this Act, a coup d’e ́tat or decree in which the military 

22 plays a decisive role: Provided, That assistance may be re23 sumed to such government if the Secretary of State cer24 tifies and reports to the appropriate congressional commit25 tees that subsequent to the termination of assistance a 


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1 democratically elected government has taken office: Pro2 vided further, That the provisions of this section shall not 

3 apply to assistance to promote democratic elections or 

4 public participation in democratic processes: Provided fur5 ther, That funds made available pursuant to the previous 

6 provisos shall be subject to the regular notification proce7 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

8 TRANSFER OF FUNDS AUTHORITY

9 SEC. 7009. (a) DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND

10 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 

11 (1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not to exceed 2 percent of 

13 any appropriation made available for the current fis14 cal year for the Department of State under title I 

15 of this Act may be transferred between, and merged 

16 with, such appropriations, but no such appropria17 tion, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall 

18 be increased by more than 10 percent by any such 

19 transfers, and no such transfer may be made to in20 crease the appropriation under the heading ‘‘Rep21 resentation Expenses’’. 

22 (B) EMBASSY SECURITY.—Section 113 of the 

23 Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 

24 2017 (22 U.S.C. 295(j)) shall be applied to funds 

25 made available by this Act by substituting ‘‘fiscal 


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1 year 2020’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’ each place it ap2 pears. 

3 (2) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.— 

4 Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made avail5 able for the current fiscal year for the United States Agen6 cy for Global Media under title I of this Act may be trans7 ferred between, and merged with, such appropriations, but 

8 no such appropriation, except as otherwise specifically pro9 vided, shall be increased by more than 10 percent by any 

10 such transfers. 

11 (3) TREATMENT AS REPROGRAMMING.—Any transfer 

12 pursuant to this subsection shall be treated as a re13 programming of funds under section 7015 of this Act and 

14 shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except 

15 in compliance with the procedures set forth in that section. 

16 (b) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS OF FUNDS BE17 TWEEN AGENCIES.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds made 

19 available under titles II through V of this Act may 

20 be transferred to any department, agency, or instru21 mentality of the United States Government, except 

22 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer author23 ity provided in, this Act or any other appropriations 

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1 (2) ALLOCATION AND TRANSFERS.—Notwith2 standing paragraph (1), in addition to transfers 

3 made by, or authorized elsewhere in, this Act, funds 

4 appropriated by this Act to carry out the purposes 

5 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be allo6 cated or transferred to agencies of the United States 

7 Government pursuant to the provisions of sections 

8 109, 610, and 632 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

9 1961, and section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 

10 2018 (division F of Public Law 115-254). 

11 (3) NOTIFICATION.—Any agreement entered 

12 into by the United States Agency for International 

13 Development or the Department of State with any 

14 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

15 States Government pursuant to section 632(b) of the 

16 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 valued in excess of 

17 $1,000,000 and any agreement made pursuant to 

18 section 632(a) of such Act, with funds appropriated 

19 by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for 

20 the Department of State, foreign operations, and re21 lated programs under the headings ‘‘Global Health 

22 Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic 

23 Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eur24 asia and Central Asia’’ shall be subject to the reg25 ular notification procedures of the Committees on 


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1 Appropriations: Provided, That the requirement in 

2 the previous sentence shall not apply to agreements 

3 entered into between USAID and the Department of 

4 State. 

5 (c) UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

6 FINANCE CORPORATION.— 

7 (1) LIMITATION.—Amounts transferred pursu8 ant to section 1434(j) of the BUILD Act of 2018 

9 from funds made available under titles III and IV of 

10 this Act shall not exceed $50,000,000: Provided, 

11 That any such transfers shall be subject to prior 

12 consultation with, and the regular notification proce13 dures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 (2) DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY AC15 COUNT.—Funds transferred from Development 

16 Credit Authority program account of the United 

17 States Agency for International Development to the 

18 Corporate Capital Account of the United States 

19 International Development Finance Corporation pur20 suant to section 1434(i) of the BUILD Act of 2018 

21 shall be transferred and merged with such account, 

22 and may thereafter be deemed to meet any minimum 

23 funding requirements attributed for at the time of 

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1 (d) TRANSFER OF FUNDS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS.— 

2 None of the funds made available under titles II through 

3 V of this Act may be obligated under an appropriations 

4 account to which such funds were not appropriated, except 

5 for transfers specifically provided for in this Act, unless 

6 the President, not less than 5 days prior to the exercise 

7 of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act 

8 of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a 

9 written policy justification to the Committees on Appro10 priations. 

11 (e) AUDIT OF INTER-AGENCY TRANSFERS OF

12 FUNDS.—Any agreement for the transfer or allocation of 

13 funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts making ap14 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper15 ations and related programs, entered into between the De16 partment of State or USAID and another agency of the 

17 United States Government under the authority of section 

18 632(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any com19 parable provision of law, shall expressly provide that the 

20 Inspector General (IG) for the agency receiving the trans21 fer or allocation of such funds, or other entity with audit 

22 responsibility if the receiving agency does not have an IG, 

23 shall perform periodic program and financial audits of the 

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1 dits: Provided, That such audits shall be transmitted to 

2 the Committees on Appropriations by the Department of 

3 State or USAID, as appropriate: Provided further, That 

4 funds transferred under such authority may be made 

5 available for the cost of such audits. 

6 PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

7 SEC. 7010. (a) FIRST-CLASS TRAVEL.—None of the 

8 funds made available by this Act may be used for first9 class travel by employees of United States Government de10 partments and agencies funded by this Act in contraven11 tion of section 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 

12 41, Code of Federal Regulations. 

13 (b) COMPUTER NETWORKS.—None of the funds 

14 made available by this Act for the operating expenses of 

15 any United States Government department or agency may 

16 be used to establish or maintain a computer network for 

17 use by such department or agency unless such network 

18 has filters designed to block access to sexually explicit 

19 websites: Provided, That nothing in this subsection shall 

20 limit the use of funds necessary for any Federal, State, 

21 tribal, or local law enforcement agency, or any other entity 

22 carrying out the following activities: criminal investiga23 tions, prosecutions, and adjudications; administrative dis24 cipline; and the monitoring of such websites undertaken 

25 as part of official business. 


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1 (c) PROHIBITION ON PROMOTION OF TOBACCO.— 

2 None of the funds made available by this Act shall be 

3 available to promote the sale or export of tobacco or to4 bacco products, or to seek the reduction or removal by any 

5 foreign country of restrictions on the marketing of tobacco 

6 or tobacco products, except for restrictions which are not 

7 applied equally to all tobacco or tobacco products of the 

8 same type. 

9 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS

10 SEC. 7011. (a) No part of any appropriation con11 tained in this Act shall remain available for obligation 

12 after the expiration of the current fiscal year unless ex13 pressly so provided by this Act: Provided, That funds ap14 propriated for the purposes of chapters 1 and 8 of part 

15 I, section 661, chapters 4, 5, 6, 8, and 9 of part II of 

16 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 23 of the 

17 Arms Export Control Act, and funds made available for 

18 the ‘‘United States International Development Finance 

19 Corporation’’ and under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu20 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall remain available for 

21 an additional 2 years from the date on which the avail22 ability of such funds would otherwise have expired, if such 

23 funds are initially obligated before the expiration of their 

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1 sion of this Act, any funds made available for the purposes 

2 of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the 

3 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or ob4 ligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance 

5 of payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall re6 main available for an additional 2 years from the date on 

7 which the availability of such funds would otherwise have 

8 expired, if such funds are initially allocated or obligated 

9 before the expiration of their respective periods of avail10 ability contained in this Act. 

11 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

12 any funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 

13 this Act that are proposed for rescission pursuant to sec14 tion 1012 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment 

15 Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 683) within 60 days of 

16 the expiration of the period of availability of such funds 

17 and Congress has not completed action on a rescission bill 

18 pursuant to subsection (b) of such section shall remain 

19 available for an additional 90 days from the date on which 

20 the availability of such funds would otherwise have ex21 pired. 

22 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES IN DEFAULT

23 SEC. 7012. No part of any appropriation provided 

24 under titles III through VI in this Act shall be used to 

25 furnish assistance to the government of any country which 


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1 is in default during a period in excess of 1 calendar year 

2 in payment to the United States of principal or interest 

3 on any loan made to the government of such country by 

4 the United States pursuant to a program for which funds 

5 are appropriated under this Act unless the President de6 termines, following consultation with the Committees on 

7 Appropriations, that assistance for such country is in the 

8 national interest of the United States. 

9 PROHIBITION ON TAXATION OF UNITED STATES

10 ASSISTANCE

11 SEC. 7013. (a) PROHIBITION ON TAXATION.—None 

12 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

13 this Act may be made available to provide assistance for 

14 a foreign country under a new bilateral agreement gov15 erning the terms and conditions under which such assist16 ance is to be provided unless such agreement includes a 

17 provision stating that assistance provided by the United 

18 States shall be exempt from taxation, or reimbursed, by 

19 the foreign government, and the Secretary of State and 

20 the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter21 national Development shall expeditiously seek to negotiate 

22 amendments to existing bilateral agreements, as nec23 essary, to conform with this requirement. 

24 (b) NOTIFICATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF FOR25 EIGN TAXES.—An amount equivalent to 200 percent of 


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1 the total taxes assessed during fiscal year 2020 on funds 

2 appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making appropria3 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

4 related programs by a foreign government or entity 

5 against United States assistance programs, either directly 

6 or through grantees, contractors, and subcontractors, shall 

7 be withheld from obligation from funds appropriated for 

8 assistance for fiscal year 2021 and for prior fiscal years 

9 and allocated for the central government of such country 

10 or for the West Bank and Gaza program, as applicable, 

11 if, not later than September 30, 2021, such taxes have 

12 not been reimbursed: Provided, That the Secretary of 

13 State shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 by such date on the foreign governments and entities that 

15 have not reimbursed such taxes, including any amount of 

16 funds withheld pursuant to this subsection. 

17 (c) DE MINIMIS EXCEPTION.—Foreign taxes of a de 

18 minimis nature shall not be subject to the provisions of 

19 subsection (b). 

20 (d) REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.—Funds withheld 

21 from obligation for each foreign government or entity pur22 suant to subsection (b) shall be reprogrammed for assist23 ance for countries which do not assess taxes on United 

24 States assistance or which have an effective arrangement 

25 that is providing substantial reimbursement of such taxes, 


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1 and that can reasonably accommodate such assistance in 

2 a programmatically responsible manner. 

3 (e) DETERMINATIONS.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this sec5 tion shall not apply to any foreign government or en6 tity that assesses such taxes if the Secretary of 

7 State reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

8 that— 

9 (A) such foreign government or entity has 

10 an effective arrangement that is providing sub11 stantial reimbursement of such taxes; or 

12 (B) the foreign policy interests of the 

13 United States outweigh the purpose of this sec14 tion to ensure that United States assistance is 

15 not subject to taxation. 

16 (2) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State 

17 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

18 at least 15 days prior to exercising the authority of 

19 this subsection with regard to any foreign govern20 ment or entity. 

21 (f) IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 

22 issue and update rules, regulations, or policy guidance, as 

23 appropriate, to implement the prohibition against the tax24 ation of assistance contained in this section. 

25 (g) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section: 


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1 (1) BILATERAL AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘bilat2 eral agreement’’ refers to a framework bilateral 

3 agreement between the Government of the United 

4 States and the government of the country receiving 

5 assistance that describes the privileges and immuni6 ties applicable to United States foreign assistance 

7 for such country generally, or an individual agree8 ment between the Government of the United States 

9 and such government that describes, among other 

10 things, the treatment for tax purposes that will be 

11 accorded the United States assistance provided 

12 under that agreement. 

13 (2) TAXES AND TAXATION.—The term ‘‘taxes 

14 and taxation’’ shall include value added taxes and 

15 customs duties but shall not include individual in16 come taxes assessed to local staff. 

17 (h) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after enact18 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation 

19 with the heads of other relevant agencies of the United 

20 States Government, shall submit a report to the Commit21 tees on Appropriations on the requirements contained 

22 under this section in the report accompanying this Act. 

23 RESERVATIONS OF FUNDS

24 SEC. 7014. (a) REPROGRAMMING.—Funds appro25 priated under titles III through VI of this Act which are 


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1 specifically designated may be reprogrammed for other 

2 programs within the same account notwithstanding the 

3 designation if compliance with the designation is made im4 possible by operation of any provision of this or any other 

5 Act: Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be sub6 ject to the regular notification procedures of the Commit7 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance 

8 that is reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be 

9 made available under the same terms and conditions as 

10 originally provided. 

11 (b) EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY.—In addition to 

12 the authority contained in subsection (a), the original pe13 riod of availability of funds appropriated by this Act and 

14 administered by the Department of State or the United 

15 States Agency for International Development that are spe16 cifically designated for particular programs or activities by 

17 this or any other Act may be extended for an additional 

18 fiscal year if the Secretary of State or the USAID Admin19 istrator, as appropriate, determines and reports promptly 

20 to the Committees on Appropriations that the termination 

21 of assistance to a country or a significant change in cir22 cumstances makes it unlikely that such designated funds 

23 can be obligated during the original period of availability: 

24 Provided, That such designated funds that continue to be 


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1 available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 

2 only for the purpose of such designation. 

3 (c) OTHER ACTS.—Ceilings and specifically des4 ignated funding levels contained in this Act shall not be 

5 applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or other6 wise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 

7 Act specifically so directs: Provided, That specifically des8 ignated funding levels or minimum funding requirements 

9 contained in any other Act shall not be applicable to funds 

10 appropriated by this Act. 

11 NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

12 SEC. 7015. (a) NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN PRO13 GRAMS, PROJECTS, AND ACTIVITIES.—None of the funds 

14 made available in titles I and II of this Act or prior Acts 

15 making appropriations for the Department of State, for16 eign operations, and related programs to the departments 

17 and agencies funded by this Act that remain available for 

18 obligation in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any ac19 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

20 the collection of fees or of currency reflows or other offset21 ting collections, or made available by transfer, to the de22 partments and agencies funded by this Act, shall be avail23 able for obligation to— 

24 (1) create new programs; 


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1 (2) suspend or eliminate a program, project, or 

2 activity; 

3 (3) close, suspend, open, or reopen a mission or 

4 post; 

5 (4) create, close, reorganize, downsize, or re6 name bureaus, centers, or offices; or 

7 (5) contract out or privatize any functions or 

8 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

9 unless previously justified to the Committees on Appro10 priations or such Committees are notified 15 days in ad11 vance of such obligation. 

12 (b) NOTIFICATION OF REPROGRAMMING OF

13 FUNDS.—None of the funds provided under titles I and 

14 II of this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the 

15 Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro16 grams, to the departments and agencies funded under ti17 tles I and II of this Act that remain available for obliga18 tion in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any accounts 

19 in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collec20 tion of fees available to the department and agency funded 

21 under title I of this Act, shall be available for obligation 

22 or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects 

23 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of 

24 $1,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 


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1 (1) augments or changes existing programs, 

2 projects, or activities; 

3 (2) relocates an existing office or employees; 

4 (3) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist5 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per6 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

7 (4) results from any general savings, including 

8 savings from a reduction in personnel, which would 

9 result in a change in existing programs, activities, or 

10 projects as approved by Congress; 

11 unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 

12 days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. 

13 (c) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—None of the 

14 funds made available by this Act under the headings 

15 ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, 

16 ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, ‘‘Trade and 

17 Development Agency’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

18 and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘De19 mocracy Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

20 Central Asia’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, ‘‘Non21 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Pro22 grams’’, ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’, ‘‘Foreign 

23 Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘International Military 

24 Education and Training’’, ‘‘United States International 

25 Development Finance Corporation’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’, 


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1 shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 

2 projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 

3 operations not justified or in excess of the amount justi4 fied to the Committees on Appropriations for obligation 

5 under any of these specific headings unless the Commit6 tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 

7 such obligation: Provided, That the President shall not 

8 enter into any commitment of funds appropriated for the 

9 purposes of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 

10 for the provision of major defense equipment, other than 

11 conventional ammunition, or other major defense items 

12 defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, 

13 not previously justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess 

14 of the quantities justified to Congress unless the Commit15 tees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of 

16 such commitment: Provided further, That requirements of 

17 this subsection or any similar provision of this or any 

18 other Act shall not apply to any reprogramming for an 

19 activity, program, or project for which funds are appro20 priated under titles III through VI of this Act of less than 

21 10 percent of the amount previously justified to Congress 

22 for obligation for such activity, program, or project for the 

23 current fiscal year: Provided further, That any notification 

24 submitted pursuant to subsection (f) of this section shall 

25 include information (if known on the date of transmittal 


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1 of such notification) on the use of notwithstanding author2 ity. 

3 (d) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS AND

4 FUNDING NOTIFICATIONS.— 

5 (1) PROGRAMS.—None of the funds appro6 priated by this Act or prior Acts making appropria7 tions for the Department of State, foreign oper8 ations, and related programs may be made available 

9 to support or continue any program initially funded 

10 under any authority of title 10, United States Code, 

11 or any Act making or authorizing appropriations for 

12 the Department of Defense, unless the Secretary of 

13 State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 

14 and in accordance with the regular notification pro15 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations, sub16 mits a justification to such Committees that includes 

17 a description of, and the estimated costs associated 

18 with, the support or continuation of such program. 

19 (2) FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other pro20 vision of law, funds transferred by the Department 

21 of Defense to the Department of State and the 

22 United States Agency for International Development 

23 for assistance for foreign countries and international 

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1 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria2 tions. 

3 (3) NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE ARTI4 CLES.—Prior to providing excess Department of De5 fense articles in accordance with section 516(a) of 

6 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Department 

7 of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro8 priations to the same extent and under the same 

9 conditions as other committees pursuant to sub10 section (f) of that section: Provided, That before 

11 issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles 

12 under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department 

13 of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appro14 priations in accordance with the regular notification 

15 procedures of such Committees if such defense arti16 cles are significant military equipment (as defined in 

17 section 47(9) of the Arms Export Control Act) or 

18 are valued (in terms of original acquisition cost) at 

19 $7,000,000 or more, or if notification is required 

20 elsewhere in this Act for the use of appropriated 

21 funds for specific countries that would receive such 

22 excess defense articles: Provided further, That such 

23 Committees shall also be informed of the original ac24 quisition cost of such defense articles. 


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1 (e) WAIVER.—The requirements of this section or 

2 any similar provision of this Act or any other Act, includ3 ing any prior Act requiring notification in accordance with 

4 the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

5 Appropriations, may be waived if failure to do so would 

6 pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Pro7 vided, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the 

8 Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early 

9 as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after tak10 ing the action to which such notification requirement was 

11 applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessi12 tating such waiver: Provided further, That any notification 

13 provided pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an expla14 nation of the emergency circumstances. 

15 (f) COUNTRY NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—None 

16 of the funds appropriated under titles III through VI of 

17 this Act may be obligated or expended for assistance for 

18 Afghanistan, Bahrain, Burma, Cambodia, Colombia, 

19 Cuba, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, 

20 Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, 

21 Philippines, the Russian Federation, Somalia, South 

22 Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, 

23 and Yemen except as provided through the regular notifi24 cation procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 (g) TRUST FUNDS.—Funds appropriated or other2 wise made available in title III and under the heading 

3 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ of this Act and prior Acts 

4 making funds available for the Department of State, for5 eign operations, and related programs that are made avail6 able for a trust fund held by an international financial 

7 institution shall be subject to the regular notification pro8 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations and such no9 tification shall include the information specified under this 

10 section in the report accompanying this Act. 

11 (h) OTHER PROGRAM NOTIFICATION REQUIRE12 MENT.—Funds appropriated by this Act that are made 

13 available for the programs and activities enumerated 

14 under this section in the report accompanying this Act 

15 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

16 the Committees on Appropriations. 

17 (i) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

18 by this Act under titles III and IV that are withheld from 

19 obligation or otherwise not programmed as a result of ap20 plication of a provision of law in this or any other Act 

21 shall, if reprogrammed, be subject to the regular notifica22 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 (j) REQUIREMENT TO INFORM, COORDINATE, AND

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1 (1) The Secretary of State shall promptly in2 form the appropriate congressional committees of 

3 each instance in which funds appropriated by this 

4 Act for assistance for Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, 

5 the Counterterrorism Partnership Fund, the Relief 

6 and Recovery Fund, or programs to counter extre7 mism and foreign fighters abroad, have been di8 verted or destroyed, to include the type and amount 

9 of assistance, a description of the incident and par10 ties involved, and an explanation of the response of 

11 the Department of State or USAID, as appropriate: 

12 Provided, That the Secretary shall ensure such 

13 funds are coordinated with, and complement, the 

14 programs of other United States Government de15 partments and agencies and international partners 

16 in such countries and on such activities. 

17 (2) The Secretary of State shall consult with 

18 the Committees on Appropriations at least seven 

19 days prior to informing a government of, or pub20 lically announcing a decision on, the suspension of 

21 assistance to a country or a territory, including as 

22 a result of an interagency review of such assistance, 

23 from funds appropriated by this Act or prior Acts 

24 making appropriations for the Department of State, 

25 foreign operations, and related programs. 


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1 DOCUMENT REQUESTS

2 SEC. 7016. None of the funds appropriated or made 

3 available pursuant to titles III through VI of this Act shall 

4 be available to a nongovernmental organization, including 

5 any contractor, which fails to provide upon timely request 

6 any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing re7 quirements of the Department of State and the United 

8 States Agency for International Development. 

9 USE OF FUNDS IN CONTRAVENTION OF THIS ACT

10 SEC. 7017. If the President makes a determination 

11 not to comply with any provision of this Act on constitu12 tional grounds, the head of the relevant Federal agency 

13 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in writing 

14 within 5 days of such determination, the basis for such 

15 determination and any resulting changes to program and 

16 policy. 

17 PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS AND

18 INVOLUNTARY STERILIZATION

19 SEC. 7018. None of the funds made available to carry 

20 out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 

21 amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abor22 tions as a method of family planning or to motivate or 

23 coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds 

24 made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assist25 ance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for 


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1 the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method 

2 of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial 

3 incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of 

4 the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign 

5 Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay 

6 for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in 

7 part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or 

8 involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. 

9 None of the funds made available to carry out part I of 

10 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 

11 obligated or expended for any country or organization if 

12 the President certifies that the use of these funds by any 

13 such country or organization would violate any of the 

14 above provisions related to abortions and involuntary steri15 lizations. 

16 ALLOCATIONS AND REPORTS

17 SEC. 7019. (a) ALLOCATION TABLES.—Subject to 

18 subsection (b), funds appropriated by this Act under titles 

19 III through V shall be made available at not less than the 

20 amounts specifically designated in the respective tables in21 cluded under such titles in the report accompanying this 

22 Act: Provided, That such designated amounts for foreign 

23 countries and international organizations shall serve as 

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1 zations transmitted to Congress in the report required by 

2 section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

3 (b) AUTHORIZED DEVIATIONS BELOW MINIMUM

4 LEVELS.—Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the 

5 Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United 

6 States Agency for International Development, as applica7 ble, may deviate by not more than 5 percent below the 

8 minimum amounts specifically designated in the respective 

9 tables included under titles III through V in the report 

10 accompanying this Act. 

11 (c) LIMITATION.—For specifically designated 

12 amounts that are included, pursuant to subsection (a), in 

13 the report required by section 653(a) of the Foreign As14 sistance Act of 1961, deviations authorized by subsection 

15 (b) may only take place after submission of such report. 

16 (d) EXCEPTIONS.— 

17 (1) Subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to 

18 funds for which the initial period of availability has 

19 expired. 

20 (2) The authority in subsection (b) to deviate 

21 below amounts designated in the respective tables in22 cluded in the report accompanying this Act shall not 

23 apply to the table included under the heading ‘‘Glob24 al Health Programs’’ in such report. 


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1 (e) REPORTS.—The Secretary of State and the 

2 USAID Administrator, as appropriate, shall submit the 

3 reports required, in the manner described, in the report 

4 accompanying this Act. 

5 REPRESENTATION AND ENTERTAINMENT EXPENSES

6 SEC. 7020. (a) USES OF FUNDS.—Each Federal de7 partment, agency, or entity funded in titles I or II of this 

8 Act, and the Department of the Treasury and independent 

9 agencies funded in titles III or VI of this Act, shall take 

10 steps to ensure that domestic and overseas representation 

11 and entertainment expenses further official agency busi12 ness and United States foreign policy interests, and— 

13 (1) are primarily for fostering relations outside 

14 of the Executive Branch; 

15 (2) are principally for meals and events of a 

16 protocol nature; 

17 (3) are not for employee-only events; and 

18 (4) do not include activities that are substan19 tially of a recreational character. 

20 (b) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds appropriated 

21 or otherwise made available by this Act under the head22 ings ‘‘International Military Education and Training’’ or 

23 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ for Informational 

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1 port Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and 

2 Central Asia’’ may be obligated or expended to pay for— 

3 (1) alcoholic beverages; or 

4 (2) entertainment expenses for activities that 

5 are substantially of a recreational character, includ6 ing entrance fees at sporting events, theatrical and 

7 musical productions, and amusement parks. 

8 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO GOVERNMENTS

9 SUPPORTING INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM

10 SEC. 7021. (a) LETHAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT EX11 PORTS.— 

12 (1) PROHIBITION.—None of the funds appro13 priated or otherwise made available under titles III 

14 through VI of this Act may be made available to any 

15 foreign government which provides lethal military 

16 equipment to a country the government of which the 

17 Secretary of State has determined supports inter18 national terrorism for purposes of section 6(j) of the 

19 Export Administration Act of 1979 as continued in 

20 effect pursuant to the International Emergency Eco21 nomic Powers Act: Provided, That the prohibition 

22 under this section with respect to a foreign govern23 ment shall terminate 12 months after that govern24 ment ceases to provide such military equipment: 

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1 spect to lethal military equipment provided under a 

2 contract entered into after October 1, 1997. 

3 (2) DETERMINATION.—Assistance restricted by 

4 paragraph (1) or any other similar provision of law, 

5 may be furnished if the President determines that to 

6 do so is important to the national interest of the 

7 United States. 

8 (3) REPORT.—Whenever the President makes a 

9 determination pursuant to paragraph (2), the Presi10 dent shall submit to the Committees on Appropria11 tions a report with respect to the furnishing of such 

12 assistance, including a detailed explanation of the 

13 assistance to be provided, the estimated dollar 

14 amount of such assistance, and an explanation of 

15 how the assistance furthers United States national 

16 interest. 

17 (b) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 

18 (1) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated for bi19 lateral assistance in titles III through VI of this Act 

20 and funds appropriated under any such title in prior 

21 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

22 State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

23 shall not be made available to any foreign govern24 ment which the President determines— 


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1 (A) grants sanctuary from prosecution to 

2 any individual or group which has committed 

3 an act of international terrorism; 

4 (B) otherwise supports international ter5 rorism; or 

6 (C) is controlled by an organization des7 ignated as a terrorist organization under sec8 tion 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

9 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189). 

10 (2) WAIVER.—The President may waive the ap11 plication of paragraph (1) to a government if the 

12 President determines that national security or hu13 manitarian reasons justify such waiver: Provided, 

14 That the President shall publish each such waiver in 

15 the Federal Register and, at least 15 days before the 

16 waiver takes effect, shall notify the Committees on 

17 Appropriations of the waiver (including the justifica18 tion for the waiver) in accordance with the regular 

19 notification procedures of the Committees on Appro20 priations. 

21 AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENTS

22 SEC. 7022. Funds appropriated by this Act, except 

23 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Trade and Devel24 opment Agency’’, may be obligated and expended notwith25 standing section 10 of Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 


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1 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori2 ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the For3 eign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 

4 1995 (22 U.S.C. 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the Na5 tional Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

6 DEFINITION OF PROGRAM, PROJECT, AND ACTIVITY

7 SEC. 7023. For the purpose of titles II through VI 

8 of this Act ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall be de9 fined at the appropriations Act account level and shall in10 clude all appropriations and authorizations Acts funding 

11 directives, ceilings, and limitations with the exception that 

12 for the following accounts: ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, 

13 ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, and 

14 ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’, ‘‘program, 

15 project, and activity’’ shall also be considered to include 

16 country, regional, and central program level funding with17 in each such account; and for the development assistance 

18 accounts of the United States Agency for International 

19 Development, ‘‘program, project, and activity’’ shall also 

20 be considered to include central, country, regional, and 

21 program level funding, either as— 

22 (1) justified to Congress; or 

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1 actment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) 

2 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or as modi3 fied pursuant to section 7019 of this Act. 

4 AUTHORITIES FOR THE PEACE CORPS, INTER-AMERICAN

5 FOUNDATION AND UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVEL6 OPMENT FOUNDATION

7 SEC. 7024. Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 

8 provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 

9 contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropria10 tions for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

11 related programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activi12 ties authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps 

13 Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act or the African 

14 Development Foundation Act: Provided, That prior to con15 ducting activities in a country for which assistance is pro16 hibited, the agency shall consult with the Committees on 

17 Appropriations and report to such Committees within 15 

18 days of taking such action. 

19 COMMERCE, TRADE AND SURPLUS COMMODITIES

20 SEC. 7025. (a) WORLD MARKETS.—None of the 

21 funds appropriated or made available pursuant to titles 

22 III through VI of this Act for direct assistance and none 

23 of the funds otherwise made available to the Export-Im24 port Bank and the United States International Develop25 ment Finance Corporation shall be obligated or expended 


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1 to finance any loan, any assistance, or any other financial 

2 commitments for establishing or expanding production of 

3 any commodity for export by any country other than the 

4 United States, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus 

5 on world markets at the time the resulting productive ca6 pacity is expected to become operative and if the assist7 ance will cause substantial injury to United States pro8 ducers of the same, similar, or competing commodity: Pro9 vided, That such prohibition shall not apply to the Export10 Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of Directors 

11 the benefits to industry and employment in the United 

12 States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States 

13 producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity, 

14 and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees 

15 on Appropriations: Provided further, That this subsection 

16 shall not prohibit— 

17 (1) activities in a country that is eligible for as18 sistance from the International Development Asso19 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter20 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

21 and does not export on a consistent basis the agri22 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

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1 (2) activities in a country the President deter2 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu3 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

4 (b) EXPORTS.—None of the funds appropriated by 

5 this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I 

6 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available 

7 for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety im8 provement or introduction, consultancy, publication, con9 ference, or training in connection with the growth or pro10 duction in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity 

11 for export which would compete with a similar commodity 

12 grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That 

13 this subsection shall not prohibit— 

14 (1) activities designed to increase food security 

15 in developing countries where such activities will not 

16 have a significant impact on the export of agricul17 tural commodities of the United States; 

18 (2) research activities intended primarily to 

19 benefit United States producers; 

20 (3) activities in a country that is eligible for as21 sistance from the International Development Asso22 ciation, is not eligible for assistance from the Inter23 national Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 

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1 cultural commodity with respect to which assistance 

2 is furnished; or 

3 (4) activities in a country the President deter4 mines is recovering from widespread conflict, a hu5 manitarian crisis, or a complex emergency. 

6 SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

7 SEC. 7026. (a) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR LOCAL

8 CURRENCIES.— 

9 (1) AGREEMENTS.—If assistance is furnished to 

10 the government of a foreign country under chapters 

11 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the 

12 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements 

13 which result in the generation of local currencies of 

14 that country, the Administrator of the United States 

15 Agency for International Development shall— 

16 (A) require that local currencies be depos17 ited in a separate account established by that 

18 government; 

19 (B) enter into an agreement with that gov20 ernment which sets forth— 

21 (i) the amount of the local currencies 

22 to be generated; and 

23 (ii) the terms and conditions under 

24 which the currencies so deposited may be 

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1 (C) establish by agreement with that gov2 ernment the responsibilities of USAID and that 

3 government to monitor and account for deposits 

4 into and disbursements from the separate ac5 count. 

6 (2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES.—As may be 

7 agreed upon with the foreign government, local cur8 rencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to 

9 subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur10 rencies, shall be used only— 

11 (A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part 

12 I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assist13 ance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such 

14 purposes as— 

15 (i) project and sector assistance activi16 ties; or 

17 (ii) debt and deficit financing; or 

18 (B) for the administrative requirements of 

19 the United States Government. 

20 (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY.—USAID 

21 shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the 

22 equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant 

23 to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 

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1 for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection 

2 (a)(2). 

3 (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PRO4 GRAMS.—Upon termination of assistance to a coun5 try under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 

6 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as 

7 the case may be), any unencumbered balances of 

8 funds which remain in a separate account estab9 lished pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of 

10 for such purposes as may be agreed to by the gov11 ernment of that country and the United States Gov12 ernment. 

13 (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—If assistance is made avail15 able to the government of a foreign country, under 

16 chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of 

17 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer 

18 assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 

19 country shall be required to maintain such funds in 

20 a separate account and not commingle with any 

21 other funds. 

22 (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF

23 LAW.—Such funds may be obligated and expended 

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1 provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explan2 atory Statement of the Committee of Conference ac3 companying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Re4 port No. 98–1159). 

5 (3) NOTIFICATION.—At least 15 days prior to 

6 obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sec7 tor assistance, the President shall submit a notifica8 tion through the regular notification procedures of 

9 the Committees on Appropriations, which shall in10 clude a detailed description of how the funds pro11 posed to be made available will be used, with a dis12 cussion of the United States interests that will be 

13 served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, 

14 a description of the economic policy reforms that will 

15 be promoted by such assistance). 

16 (4) EXEMPTION.—Nonproject sector assistance 

17 funds may be exempt from the requirements of para18 graph (1) only through the regular notification pro19 cedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

20 ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

21 SEC. 7027. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERN22 MENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.—Restrictions contained in this 

23 or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country 

24 shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of 

25 programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds 


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1 appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 

2 chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12 of part I and chapter 4 of 

3 part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and from 

4 funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Assistance for Eu5 rope, Eurasia and Central Asia’’: Provided, That before 

6 using the authority of this subsection to furnish assistance 

7 in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations, 

8 the President shall notify the Committees on Appropria9 tions pursuant to the regular notification procedures, in10 cluding a description of the program to be assisted, the 

11 assistance to be provided, and the reasons for furnishing 

12 such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in this 

13 subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statu14 tory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary steriliza15 tions contained in this or any other Act. 

16 (b) PUBLIC LAW 480.—During fiscal year 2020, re17 strictions contained in this or any other Act with respect 

18 to assistance for a country shall not be construed to re19 strict assistance under the Food for Peace Act (Public 

20 Law 83–480; 7 U.S.C. 1721 et seq.): Provided, That none 

21 of the funds appropriated to carry out title I of such Act 

22 and made available pursuant to this subsection may be 

23 obligated or expended except as provided through the reg24 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro25 priations. 


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1 (c) EXCEPTION.—This section shall not apply— 

2 (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign 

3 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

4 of law prohibiting assistance to countries that sup5 port international terrorism; or 

6 (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign 

7 Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision 

8 of law prohibiting assistance to the government of a 

9 country that violates internationally recognized 

10 human rights. 

11 LOCAL COMPETITION

12 SEC. 7028. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR EXCEPTIONS TO

13 COMPETITION FOR LOCAL ENTITIES.—Funds appro14 priated by this Act that are made available to the United 

15 States Agency for International Development may only be 

16 made available for limited competitions through local enti17 ties if the requirements contained under this section in 

18 the report accompanying this Act are met. 

19 (b) EXTENSION OF PROCUREMENT AUTHORITY.— 

20 Section 7077 of the Department of State, Foreign Oper21 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 

22 (division I of Public Law 112–74) shall continue in effect 

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1 INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS

2 SEC. 7029. (a) SAFEGUARDS.—The Secretary of the 

3 Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Direc4 tor of the International Bank for Reconstruction and De5 velopment and the International Development Association 

6 to vote against any loan, grant, policy, or strategy if such 

7 institution has adopted and is implementing any social or 

8 environmental safeguard relevant to such loan, grant, pol9 icy, or strategy that provides less protection than World 

10 Bank safeguards in effect on September 30, 2015. 

11 (b) COMPENSATION.—None of the funds appro12 priated under title V of this Act may be made as payment 

13 to any international financial institution while the United 

14 States executive director to such institution is com15 pensated by the institution at a rate which, together with 

16 whatever compensation such executive director receives 

17 from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided 

18 for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the 

19 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

20 States Code, or while any alternate United States execu21 tive director to such institution is compensated by the in22 stitution at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an 

23 individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive 

24 Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States 

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1 (c) HUMAN RIGHTS.—The Secretary of the Treasury 

2 shall instruct the United States executive director of each 

3 international financial institution to promote human 

4 rights due diligence and risk management, as appropriate, 

5 in connection with any loan, grant, policy, or strategy of 

6 such institution in accordance with the criteria specified 

7 under this section in the report accompanying this Act. 

8 (d) FRAUD AND CORRUPTION.—The Secretary of the 

9 Treasury shall instruct the United States executive direc10 tor of each international financial institution to promote 

11 in loan, grant, and other financing agreements improve12 ments in borrowing countries’ financial management and 

13 judicial capacity to investigate, prosecute, and punish 

14 fraud and corruption. 

15 MULTI-YEAR PLEDGES

16 SEC. 7030. None of the funds appropriated by this 

17 Act may be used to make any pledge for future year fund18 ing for any multilateral or bilateral program funded in ti19 tles III through VI of this Act unless such pledge meets 

20 the requirements enumerated under this section in the re21 port accompanying this Act. 

22 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET TRANSPARENCY

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1 (1) REQUIREMENTS.—Funds appropriated by 

2 this Act may be made available for direct govern3 ment-to-government assistance only if the conditions 

4 enumerated under this section in the report accom5 panying this Act are fully met. 

6 (2) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.—The Admin7 istrator of the United States Agency for Inter8 national Development or the Secretary of State, as 

9 appropriate, shall suspend any direct government-to10 government assistance if the Administrator or the 

11 Secretary has credible information of material mis12 use of such assistance, unless the Administrator or 

13 the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appro14 priations that it is in the national interest of the 

15 United States to continue such assistance, including 

16 a justification, or that such misuse has been appro17 priately addressed. 

18 (3) DEBT SERVICE PAYMENT PROHIBITION.— 

19 None of the funds made available by this Act may 

20 be used by the government of any foreign country 

21 for debt service payments owed by any country to 

22 any international financial institution. 

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1 (1) MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF FISCAL

2 TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall con3 tinue to update and strengthen the ‘‘minimum re4 quirements of fiscal transparency’’ for each govern5 ment receiving assistance appropriated by this Act, 

6 as identified in the report required by section 

7 7031(b) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper8 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

9 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76). 

10 (2) DETERMINATION AND REPORT.—For each 

11 government identified pursuant to paragraph (1), 

12 the Secretary of State, not later than 180 days after 

13 enactment of this Act, shall make or update any de14 termination of ‘‘significant progress’’ or ‘‘no signifi15 cant progress’’ in meeting the minimum require16 ments of fiscal transparency, and make such deter17 minations publicly available in an annual ‘‘Fiscal 

18 Transparency Report’’ to be posted on the Depart19 ment of State website. 

20 (3) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 

21 title III and under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

22 Fund’’ in title IV of this Act shall be made available 

23 for programs and activities to assist governments 

24 identified pursuant to paragraph (1) to improve 

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1 ganizations in such countries that promote budget 

2 transparency. 

3 (c) ANTI-KLEPTOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS.— 

4 (1) INELIGIBILITY.— 

5 (A) Officials of foreign governments and 

6 their immediate family members about whom 

7 the Secretary of State has credible information 

8 have been involved in significant corruption, in9 cluding corruption related to the extraction of 

10 natural resources, or a gross violation of human 

11 rights shall be ineligible for entry into the 

12 United States. 

13 (B) The Secretary shall also publicly or 

14 privately designate or identify officials of for15 eign governments and their immediate family 

16 members about whom the Secretary has such 

17 credible information without regard to whether 

18 the individual has applied for a visa. 

19 (2) EXCEPTION.—Individuals shall not be ineli20 gible if entry into the United States would further 

21 important United States law enforcement objectives 

22 or is necessary to permit the United States to fulfill 

23 its obligations under the United Nations Head24 quarters Agreement: Provided, That nothing in 

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1 United States Government obligations under applica2 ble international agreements. 

3 (3) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the ap4 plication of paragraph (1) if the Secretary deter5 mines that the waiver would serve a compelling na6 tional interest or that the circumstances which 

7 caused the individual to be ineligible have changed 

8 sufficiently. 

9 (d) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE WEBSITE.—Funds appro10 priated by this Act under titles I and II, and funds made 

11 available for any independent agency in title III, as appro12 priate, shall be made available to support the provision 

13 of additional information on United States Government 

14 foreign assistance on the Department of State foreign as15 sistance website: Provided, That all Federal agencies fund16 ed under this Act shall provide such information on for17 eign assistance, upon request, to the Department of State. 

18 DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS

19 SEC. 7032. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds appro20 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As21 sistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy 

22 Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

23 Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En24 forcement’’, not less than $2,400,000,000 shall be made 

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1 (b) AUTHORITIES.— 

2 (1) Funds made available by this Act for de3 mocracy programs pursuant to subsection (a) and 

4 under the heading ‘‘National Endowment for De5 mocracy’’ may be made available notwithstanding 

6 any other provision of law, and with regard to the 

7 National Endowment for Democracy (NED), any 

8 regulation. 

9 (2) Funds made available by this Act for the 

10 NED are made available pursuant to the authority 

11 of the National Endowment for Democracy Act (title 

12 V of Public Law 98–164), including all decisions re13 garding the selection of beneficiaries. 

14 (c) DEFINITION OF DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—For 

15 purposes of funds appropriated by this Act, the term ‘‘de16 mocracy programs’’ means programs that support good 

17 governance, credible and competitive elections, freedom of 

18 expression, association, assembly, and religion, human 

19 rights, labor rights, independent media, and the rule of 

20 law, and that otherwise strengthen the capacity of demo21 cratic political parties, governments, nongovernmental or22 ganizations and institutions, and citizens to support the 

23 development of democratic states and institutions that are 

24 responsive and accountable to citizens. 


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1 (d) PROGRAM PRIORITIZATION.—Funds made avail2 able pursuant to this section that are made available for 

3 programs to strengthen government institutions shall be 

4 prioritized for those institutions that demonstrate a com5 mitment to democracy and the rule of law. 

6 (e) RESTRICTION ON PRIOR APPROVAL.—With re7 spect to the provision of assistance for democracy pro8 grams in this Act, the organizations implementing such 

9 assistance, the specific nature of that assistance, and the 

10 participants in such programs shall not be subject to the 

11 prior approval by the government of any foreign country. 

12 (f) CONTINUATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES.—The 

13 United States Agency for International Development shall 

14 continue to implement civil society and political competi15 tion and consensus building programs abroad with funds 

16 appropriated by this Act in a manner that recognizes the 

17 unique benefits of grants and cooperative agreements in 

18 implementing such programs. 

19 (g) INFORMING THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR

20 DEMOCRACY.—The Assistant Secretary for Democracy, 

21 Human Rights, and Labor, Department of State, and the 

22 Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and Hu23 manitarian Assistance, USAID, shall regularly inform the 

24 National Endowment for Democracy of democracy pro25 grams that are planned and supported by funds made 


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1 available by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

2 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re3 lated programs. 

4 (h) PROTECTION OF CIVIL SOCIETY ACTIVISTS AND

5 JOURNALISTS.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

6 title III shall be made available to support and protect 

7 civil society activists and journalists who have been threat8 ened, harassed, or attacked, consistent with the action 

9 plan submitted pursuant to, and on the same terms and 

10 conditions of, section 7032(i) of the Department of State, 

11 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria12 tions Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115–141). 

13 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

14 SEC. 7033. (a) INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREE15 DOM OFFICE AND SPECIAL ENVOY TO PROMOTE RELI16 GIOUS FREEDOM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

17 the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ shall be made avail18 able for the Office of International Religious Freedom, 

19 Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, De20 partment of State, and the Special Envoy to Promote Reli21 gious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East 

22 and South Central Asia, as authorized in the Near East 

23 and South Central Asia Religious Freedom Act of 2014 

24 (Public Law 113–161), including for support staff at not 

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1 table under such heading in the report accompanying this 

2 Act. 

3 (b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

4 under the headings ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, ‘‘Economic Sup5 port Fund’’, and ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’ 

6 shall be made available for international religious freedom 

7 programs and funds appropriated by this Act under the 

8 headings ‘‘International Disaster Assistance’’ and ‘‘Migra9 tion and Refugee Assistance’’ shall be made available for 

10 humanitarian assistance for vulnerable and persecuted re11 ligious minorities. 

12 (c) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

13 and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department 

14 of State, foreign operations, and related programs under 

15 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be made 

16 available notwithstanding any other provision of law for 

17 assistance for ethnic and religious minorities in Iraq and 

18 Syria. 

19 SPECIAL PROVISIONS

20 SEC. 7034. (a) VICTIMS OF WAR, DISPLACED CHIL21 DREN, AND DISPLACED BURMESE.—Funds appropriated 

22 in titles III and VI of this Act that are made available 

23 for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, 

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1 of such trafficking, may be made available notwith2 standing any other provision of law. 

3 (b) ATROCITIES PREVENTION.—Of the funds appro4 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Sup5 port Fund’’ and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and 

6 Law Enforcement’’, not less than $5,000,000 shall be 

7 made available for programs to prevent atrocities, includ8 ing to implement recommendations of the Atrocities Pre9 vention Board, or any successor entity. 

10 (c) WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME.—Funds managed by 

11 the Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 

12 Assistance, or any successor humanitarian assistance bu13 reau, of the United States Agency for International Devel14 opment, from this or any other Act, may be made available 

15 as a general contribution to the World Food Programme, 

16 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

17 (d) DIRECTIVES AND AUTHORITIES.— 

18 (1) RESEARCH AND TRAINING.—Funds appro19 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Assistance 

20 for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ shall be 

21 made available to carry out the Program for Re22 search and Training on Eastern Europe and the 

23 Independent States of the Former Soviet Union as 

24 authorized by the Soviet-Eastern European Research 

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1 (2) ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.—Of the 

2 amounts made available by title I of this Act under 

3 the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, up to $500,000 

4 may be made available for grants pursuant to sec5 tion 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 

6 Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d), including to 

7 facilitate collaboration with indigenous communities, 

8 and up to $1,000,000 may be made available for 

9 grants to carry out the activities of the Cultural An10 tiquities Task Force. 

11 (3) INNOVATION.—The USAID Administrator 

12 may use funds appropriated by this Act under title 

13 III to make innovation incentive awards: Provided, 

14 That each individual award may not exceed 

15 $100,000: Provided further, That no more than 15 

16 such awards may be made during fiscal year 2020. 

17 (4) EXCHANGE VISITOR PROGRAM.—None of 

18 the funds made available by this Act may be used 

19 to modify the Exchange Visitor Program adminis20 tered by the Department of State to implement the 

21 Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 

22 1961, as amended, (Public Law 87–256; 22 U.S.C. 

23 2451 et seq.), except through the formal rulemaking 

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1 making process in such Act: Provided, That funds 

2 made available for such purpose shall only be made 

3 available after consultation with, and subject to the 

4 regular notification procedures of, the Committees 

5 on Appropriations, regarding how any proposed 

6 modification would affect the public diplomacy goals 

7 of, and the estimated economic impact on, the 

8 United States. 

9 (5) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS.—Of the 

10 funds appropriated by this Act under the headings 

11 ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support 

12 Fund’’ that are made available for private sector 

13 partnerships, up to $50,000,000 may remain avail14 able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That funds 

15 made available pursuant to this paragraph may only 

16 be made available following prior consultation with 

17 the appropriate congressional committees, and the 

18 regular notification procedures of the Committees on 

19 Appropriations. 

20 (6) VIETNAM EDUCATION FOUNDATION.—Sec21 tion 207(c) of the Vietnam Education Foundation 

22 Act of 2000 (114 Stat. 2763A–257; 22 U.S.C. 

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1 ‘‘(4) On October 1, 2019, any remaining unob2 ligated balances of funds made available under the 

3 heading ‘Vietnam Education Foundation—Vietnam 

4 Debt Repayment Fund’ that are not necessary for 

5 liquidating the final liabilities of the Vietnam Edu6 cation Foundation shall be available for grants au7 thorized by section 211 of this Act.’’. 

8 (e) PARTNER VETTING.—Prior to initiating a partner 

9 vetting program, or making significant changes to the 

10 scope of an existing partner vetting program, the Sec11 retary of State and USAID Administrator, as appropriate, 

12 shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations. 

13 (f) CONTINGENCIES.—During fiscal year 2020, the 

14 President may use up to $200,000,000 under the author15 ity of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

16 notwithstanding any other provision of law. 

17 (g) TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR EXTRAORDINARY

18 PROTECTION.—The Secretary of State may transfer to, 

19 and merge with, funds under the heading ‘‘Protection of 

20 Foreign Missions and Officials’’ unobligated balances of 

21 expired funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic 

22 Programs’’ for fiscal year 2020, except for funds des23 ignated for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War 

24 on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

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1 1985, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 

2 the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for 

3 the purposes for which appropriated: Provided, That not 

4 more than $50,000,000 may be transferred. 

5 (h) PROTECTIONS AND REMEDIES FOR EMPLOYEES

6 OF DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANI7 ZATIONS.—Section 7034(k) of the Department of State, 

8 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria9 tions Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235) shall 

10 continue in effect during fiscal year 2020. 

11 (i) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITIES.— 

12 (1) PASSPORT FEES.—Section 1(b)(2) of the 

13 Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(2)) 

14 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘September 30, 

15 2020’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2010’’. 

16 (2) INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS.—The 

17 authority contained in section 1115(d) of the Sup18 plemental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 

19 111–32) shall remain in effect through September 

20 30, 2020. 

21 (3) USAID CIVIL SERVICE ANNUITANT WAIV22 ER.—Section 625(j)(1) of the Foreign Assistance 

23 Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2385(j)(1)) shall be applied 

24 by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ for ‘‘October 

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1 (4) OVERSEAS PAY COMPARABILITY.—The au2 thority provided by section 1113 of the Supple3 mental Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111– 

4 32) shall remain in effect through September 30, 

5 2020: Provided, That the exercise of the authority of 

6 section 1113 of such Act, as carried forward by this 

7 Act, shall be subject to prior consultation with the 

8 Committees on Appropriations. 

9 (5) CATEGORICAL ELIGIBILITY.—The Foreign 

10 Operations, Export Financing, and Related Pro11 grams Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101– 

12 167) is amended— 

13 (A) in section 599D (8 U.S.C. 1157 

14 note)— 

15 (i) in subsection (b)(3), by striking 

16 ‘‘and 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2019, and 

17 2020’’; and 

18 (ii) in subsection (e), by striking 

19 ‘‘2019’’ each place it appears and inserting 

20 ‘‘2020’’; and 

21 (B) in section 599E (8 U.S.C. 1255 note) 

22 in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘2019’’ and in23 serting ‘‘2020’’. 

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1 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public 

2 Law 111–212) shall remain in effect through Sep3 tember 30, 2020. 

4 (7) ACCOUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS.—The 

5 authority provided by section 301(a)(3) of the Omni6 bus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 

7 1986 (22 U.S.C. 4831(a)(3)) shall remain in effect 

8 for facilities in Afghanistan through September 30, 

9 2020, except that the notification and reporting re10 quirements contained in such section shall include 

11 the Committees on Appropriations. 

12 (8) SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR AF13 GHANISTAN RECONSTRUCTION COMPETITIVE STA14 TUS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

15 any employee of the Special Inspector General for 

16 Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) who completes 

17 at least 12 months of continuous service after the 

18 date of enactment of this Act or who is employed on 

19 the date on which SIGAR terminates, whichever oc20 curs first, shall acquire competitive status for ap21 pointment to any position in the competitive service 

22 for which the employee possesses the required quali23 fications. 

24 (9) TRANSFER OF BALANCES.—Section 7081(h) 

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1 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 (divi2 sion J of Public Law 115–31) shall continue in ef3 fect during fiscal year 2020. 

4 (10) DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GEN5 ERAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 

6 of the Department of State may waive the provisions 

7 of subsections (a) through (d) of section 824 of the 

8 Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4064) on a 

9 case-by-case basis for an annuitant reemployed by 

10 the Inspector General on a temporary basis, subject 

11 to the same constraints and in the same manner by 

12 which the Secretary of State may exercise such waiv13 er authority pursuant to subsection (g) of such sec14 tion. 

15 (j) HIV/AIDS WORKING CAPITAL FUND.—Funds 

16 available in the HIV/AIDS Working Capital Fund estab17 lished pursuant to section 525(b)(1) of the Foreign Oper18 ations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appro19 priations Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) may be made 

20 available for pharmaceuticals and other products for other 

21 global health and child survival activities to the same ex22 tent as HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, 

23 subject to the terms and conditions in such section: Pro24 vided, That the authority in section 525(b)(5) of the For25 eign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 


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1 Appropriation Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447) shall be 

2 exercised by the Assistant Administrator for Global 

3 Health, USAID, with respect to funds deposited for such 

4 non-HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals and other products, and 

5 shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 

6 the Committees on Appropriations. 

7 (k) LOANS, CONSULTATION, AND NOTIFICATION.— 

8 (1) LOAN GUARANTEES.—Funds appropriated 

9 under the headings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ and 

10 ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’ 

11 by this Act and prior Acts making appropriations 

12 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and 

13 related programs may be made available for the 

14 costs, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 

15 Budget Act of 1974, of loan guarantees for Egypt, 

16 Jordan, Tunisia, and Ukraine, which are authorized 

17 to be provided: Provided, That amounts made avail18 able under this paragraph for the costs of such 

19 guarantees shall not be considered assistance for the 

20 purposes of provisions of law limiting assistance to 

21 a country. 

22 (2) DESIGNATION REQUIREMENT.—Funds 

23 made available pursuant to paragraph (1) from prior 

24 Acts making appropriations for the Department of 

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1 were previously designated by the Congress for Over2 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter3 rorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the 

4 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 

5 Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress for 

6 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 

7 Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

8 such Act. 

9 (3) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 

10 Funds made available pursuant to the authorities of 

11 this subsection shall be subject to prior consultation 

12 with the appropriate congressional committees, and 

13 subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

14 Committees on Appropriations. 

15 (l) LOCAL WORKS.— 

16 (1) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

17 the headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Eco18 nomic Support Fund’’, not less than $50,000,000 

19 shall be made available for Local Works pursuant to 

20 section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 

21 Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations 

22 Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 113–235), 

23 which may remain available until September 30, 

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1 (2) For the purposes of section 7080 of the De2 partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

3 Programs Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of 

4 Public Law 113–235), ‘‘eligible entities’’ shall be de5 fined as small local, international, and United 

6 States-based nongovernmental organizations, edu7 cational institutions, and other small entities that 

8 have received less than a total of $5,000,000 from 

9 USAID over the previous 5 fiscal years: Provided, 

10 That departments or centers of such educational in11 stitutions may be considered individually in deter12 mining such eligibility. 

13 (m) DEFINITIONS.— 

14 (1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT15 TEES.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, for 

16 purposes of this Act the term ‘‘appropriate congres17 sional committees’’ means the Committees on Appro18 priations and Foreign Relations of the Senate and 

19 the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Af20 fairs of the House of Representatives. 

21 (2) FUNDS APPROPRIATED BY THIS ACT AND

22 PRIOR ACTS.—Unless otherwise defined in this Act, 

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1 ations, and related programs’’ means funds that re2 main available for obligation, and have not expired. 

3 (3) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITU4 TIONS.—In this Act ‘‘international financial institu5 tions’’ means the International Bank for Recon6 struction and Development, the International Devel7 opment Association, the International Finance Cor8 poration, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 

9 International Monetary Fund, the International 

10 Fund for Agricultural Development, the Asian De11 velopment Fund, the Inter-American Investment 

12 Corporation, the North American Development 

13 Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and 

14 Development, the African Development Bank, the 

15 African Development Fund, and the Multilateral In16 vestment Guarantee Agency. 

17 (4) PARIS AGREEMENT.—In this Act, the term 

18 ‘‘Paris Agreement’’ means the decision by the 

19 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 

20 Change’s 21st Conference of Parties in Paris, 

21 France, adopted December 12, 2015. 

22 (5) SOUTHERN KORDOFAN REFERENCE.—Any 

23 reference to Southern Kordofan in this or any other 

24 Act making appropriations for the Department of 

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1 for fiscal year 2020, and each fiscal year thereafter, 

2 be deemed to include portions of Western Kordofan 

3 that were previously part of Southern Kordofan 

4 prior to the 2013 division of Southern Kordofan. 

5 (6) USAID.—In this Act, the term ‘‘USAID’’ 

6 means the United States Agency for International 

7 Development. 

8 (7) SPEND PLAN.—In this Act, the term 

9 ‘‘spend plan’’ means a plan for the uses of funds ap10 propriated for a particular entity, country, program, 

11 purpose, or account and which shall include, at a 

12 minimum, a description of— 

13 (A) realistic and sustainable goals, criteria 

14 for measuring progress, and a timeline for 

15 achieving such goals; 

16 (B) amounts and sources of funds by ac17 count; 

18 (C) how such funds will complement other 

19 ongoing or planned programs; and 

20 (D) implementing partners, to the max21 imum extent practicable. 

22 LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY

23 SEC. 7035. (a) ASSISTANCE.— 

24 (1) COMMUNITY-BASED POLICE ASSISTANCE.— 

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1 Act to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part 

2 I and chapters 4 and 6 of part II of the Foreign As3 sistance Act of 1961, may be used, notwithstanding 

4 section 660 of that Act, to enhance the effectiveness 

5 and accountability of civilian police authority 

6 through training and technical assistance in human 

7 rights, the rule of law, anti-corruption, strategic 

8 planning, and through assistance to foster civilian 

9 police roles that support democratic governance, in10 cluding assistance for programs to prevent conflict, 

11 respond to disasters, address gender-based violence, 

12 and foster improved police relations with the com13 munities they serve. 

14 (2) COUNTERTERRORISM PARTNERSHIPS

15 FUND.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

16 heading Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 

17 and Related Programs shall be made available for 

18 the Counterterrorism Partnerships Fund for pro19 grams in areas liberated from, under the influence 

20 of, or adversely affected by, the Islamic State of Iraq 

21 and Syria or other terrorist organizations: Provided, 

22 That such areas shall include the Kurdistan Region 

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1 ticable steps to ensure that mechanisms are in place 

2 for monitoring, oversight, and control of such funds: 

3 Provided further, That funds made available pursu4 ant to this paragraph shall be subject to prior con5 sultation with the appropriate congressional commit6 tees, and the regular notification procedures of the 

7 Committees on Appropriations. 

8 (b) AUTHORITIES.— 

9 (1) RECONSTITUTING CIVILIAN POLICE AU10 THORITY.—In providing assistance with funds ap11 propriated by this Act under section 660(b)(6) of 

12 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, support for a 

13 nation emerging from instability may be deemed to 

14 mean support for regional, district, municipal, or 

15 other sub-national entity emerging from instability, 

16 as well as a nation emerging from instability. 

17 (2) DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, AND RE18 INTEGRATION.—Section 7034(d) of the Department 

19 of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 

20 Appropriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public Law 

21 113–235) shall continue in effect during fiscal year 

22 2020. 

23 (3) INTERNATIONAL PRISON CONDITIONS.— 

24 Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made avail25 able for assistance to eliminate inhumane conditions 


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1 in foreign prisons and other detention facilities, not2 withstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 

3 Act of 1961: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

4 and the USAID Administrator shall consult with the 

5 Committees on Appropriations on the proposed uses 

6 of such funds prior to obligation and not later than 

7 60 days after enactment of this Act. 

8 (4) EXTENSION OF WAR RESERVES STOCKPILE

9 AUTHORITY.— 

10 (A) Section 12001(d) of the Department of 

11 Defense Appropriations Act, 2005 (Public Law 

12 108–287; 118 Stat. 1011) is amended by strik13 ing ‘‘of this section’’ and all that follows 

14 through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘of 

15 this section after September 30, 2021.’’. 

16 (B) Section 514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign 

17 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 

18 2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 

19 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, and 2021’’. 

20 (5) COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTI21 CLES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

22 and subject to the regular notification procedures of 

23 the Committees on Appropriations, the authority of 

24 section 23(a) of the Arms Export Control Act may 

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1 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and 

2 major non-NATO allies for the procurement by leas3 ing (including leasing with an option to purchase) of 

4 defense articles from United States commercial sup5 pliers, not including Major Defense Equipment 

6 (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft 

7 having possible civilian application), if the President 

8 determines that there are compelling foreign policy 

9 or national security reasons for those defense arti10 cles being provided by commercial lease rather than 

11 by government-to-government sale under such Act. 

12 (6) SPECIAL DEFENSE ACQUISITION FUND.— 

13 Not to exceed $900,000,000 may be obligated pursu14 ant to section 51(c)(2) of the Arms Export Control 

15 Act for the purposes of the Special Defense Acquisi16 tion Fund (the Fund), to remain available for obli17 gation until September 30, 2022: Provided, That the 

18 provision of defense articles and defense services to 

19 foreign countries or international organizations from 

20 the Fund shall be subject to the concurrence of the 

21 Secretary of State. 

22 (c) LIMITATIONS.— 

23 (1) CHILD SOLDIERS.—Funds appropriated by 

24 this Act should not be used to support any military 

25 training or operations that include child soldiers. 


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1 (2) LANDMINES AND CLUSTER MUNITIONS.— 

2 (A) LANDMINES.—Notwithstanding any 

3 other provision of law, demining equipment 

4 available to the United States Agency for Inter5 national Development and the Department of 

6 State and used in support of the clearance of 

7 landmines and unexploded ordnance for human8 itarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant 

9 basis in foreign countries, subject to such terms 

10 and conditions as the Secretary of State may 

11 prescribe. 

12 (B) CLUSTER MUNITIONS.—No military 

13 assistance shall be furnished for cluster muni14 tions, no defense export license for cluster mu15 nitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions 

16 or cluster munitions technology shall be sold or 

17 transferred, unless— 

18 (i) the submunitions of the cluster 

19 munitions, after arming, do not result in 

20 more than 1 percent unexploded ordnance 

21 across the range of intended operational 

22 environments, and the agreement applica23 ble to the assistance, transfer, or sale of 

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1 tions will only be used against clearly de2 fined military targets and will not be used 

3 where civilians are known to be present or 

4 in areas normally inhabited by civilians; or 

5 (ii) such assistance, license, sale, or 

6 transfer is for the purpose of demilitarizing 

7 or permanently disposing of such cluster 

8 munitions. 

9 (3) CROWD CONTROL ITEMS.—Funds appro10 priated by this Act should not be used for tear gas, 

11 small arms, light weapons, ammunition, or other 

12 items for crowd control purposes for foreign security 

13 forces that use excessive force to repress peaceful ex14 pression, association, or assembly in countries that 

15 the Secretary of State determines are undemocratic 

16 or are undergoing democratic transitions. 

17 (d) REPORTS.— 

18 (1) SECURITY ASSISTANCE REPORT.—Not later 

19 than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Sec20 retary of State shall submit to the Committees on 

21 Appropriations a report on funds obligated and ex22 pended during fiscal year 2019, by country and pur23 pose of assistance, under the headings ‘‘Peace24 keeping Operations’’, ‘‘International Military EduVerDate Sep 11 2014 02:10 May 21, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00141 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2839.RH H2839

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1 cation and Training’’, and ‘‘Foreign Military Fi2 nancing Program’’. 

3 (2) QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT.—Following 

4 the submission of the quarterly report required by 

5 section 36 of Public Law 90–629 (22 U.S.C. 2776), 

6 the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Sec7 retary of Defense, shall submit to the Committees on 

8 Appropriations a status report that contains the in9 formation described under the heading ‘‘Foreign 

10 Military Financing Program’’ in the report accom11 panying this Act. 

12 ENTERPRISE FUNDS

13 SEC. 7036. (a) NOTIFICATION.—None of the funds 

14 made available under titles III through VI of this Act may 

15 be made available for Enterprise Funds unless the appro16 priate congressional committees are notified at least 15 

17 days in advance. 

18 (b) DISTRIBUTION OF ASSETS PLAN.—Prior to the 

19 distribution of any assets resulting from any liquidation, 

20 dissolution, or winding up of an Enterprise Fund, in whole 

21 or in part, the President shall submit to the appropriate 

22 congressional committees a plan for the distribution of the 

23 assets of the Enterprise Fund. 

24 (c) TRANSITION OR OPERATING PLAN.—Prior to a 

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1 other parallel investment fund under an existing Enter2 prise Fund, the President shall submit such transition or 

3 operating plan to the appropriate congressional commit4 tees. 

5 WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS

6 SEC. 7037. If the President determines that doing so 

7 will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding 

8 genocide or other violations of international humanitarian 

9 law, the President may direct a drawdown pursuant to sec10 tion 552(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of up 

11 to $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 

12 Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to 

13 the former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security 

14 Council or such other tribunals or commissions as the 

15 Council may establish or authorize to deal with such viola16 tions, without regard to the ceiling limitation contained 

17 in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the determina18 tion required under this section shall be in lieu of any de19 terminations otherwise required under section 552(c): Pro20 vided further, That funds made available pursuant to this 

21 section shall be made available subject to the regular noti22 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

23 PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD

24 SEC. 7038. (a) LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE.—None 

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1 this Act may be provided to support a Palestinian state 

2 unless the Secretary of State determines and certifies to 

3 the appropriate congressional committees that— 

4 (1) the governing entity of a new Palestinian 

5 state— 

6 (A) has demonstrated a firm commitment 

7 to peaceful co-existence with the State of Israel; 

8 and 

9 (B) is taking appropriate measures to 

10 counter terrorism and terrorist financing in the 

11 West Bank and Gaza, including the dismantling 

12 of terrorist infrastructures, and is cooperating 

13 with appropriate Israeli and other appropriate 

14 security organizations; and 

15 (2) the Palestinian Authority (or the governing 

16 entity of a new Palestinian state) is working with 

17 other countries in the region to vigorously pursue ef18 forts to establish a just, lasting, and comprehensive 

19 peace in the Middle East that will enable Israel and 

20 an independent Palestinian state to exist within the 

21 context of full and normal relationships, which 

22 should include— 

23 (A) termination of all claims or states of 

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1 (B) respect for and acknowledgment of the 

2 sovereignty, territorial integrity, and political 

3 independence of every state in the area through 

4 measures including the establishment of demili5 tarized zones; 

6 (C) their right to live in peace within se7 cure and recognized boundaries free from 

8 threats or acts of force; 

9 (D) freedom of navigation through inter10 national waterways in the area; and 

11 (E) a framework for achieving a just set12 tlement of the refugee problem. 

13 (3) the governing entity has enacted a constitu14 tion assuring the rule of law, an independent judici15 ary, and respect for human rights for its citizens, 

16 and should enact other laws and regulations assur17 ing transparent and accountable governance. 

18 (b) WAIVER.—The President may waive subsection 

19 (a) if the President determines that it is important to the 

20 national security interest of the United States to do so. 

21 (c) EXEMPTION.—The restriction in subsection (a) 

22 shall not apply to assistance intended to help reform the 

23 Palestinian Authority and affiliated institutions, or the 

24 governing entity, in order to help meet the requirements 

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1 7039 of this Act (‘‘Limitation on Assistance for the Pales2 tinian Authority’’). 

3 LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE FOR THE PALESTINIAN

4 AUTHORITY

5 SEC. 7039. (a) PROHIBITION OF FUNDS.—None of 

6 the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provi7 sions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 

8 Act of 1961 may be obligated or expended with respect 

9 to providing funds to the Palestinian Authority. 

10 (b) WAIVER.—The prohibition included in subsection 

11 (a) shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to 

12 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Presi13 dent pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on 

14 Appropriations that waiving such prohibition is important 

15 to the national security interest of the United States. 

16 (c) PERIOD OF APPLICATION OF WAIVER.—Any 

17 waiver pursuant to subsection (b) shall be effective for no 

18 more than a period of 6 months at a time and shall not 

19 apply beyond 12 months after the enactment of this Act. 

20 (d) REPORT.—Whenever the waiver authority pursu21 ant to subsection (b) is exercised, the President shall sub22 mit a report to the Committees on Appropriations detail23 ing the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which 

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1 vided, That the report shall also detail the steps the Pales2 tinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate 

3 weapons and dismantle the terrorist infrastructure, and 

4 facilitate the settlement of terrorism-related claims of na5 tionals of the United States. 

6 (e) CERTIFICATION.—If the President exercises the 

7 waiver authority under subsection (b), the Secretary of 

8 State must certify and report to the Committees on Ap9 propriations prior to the obligation of funds that the Pal10 estinian Authority has established a single treasury ac11 count for all Palestinian Authority financing and all fi12 nancing mechanisms flow through this account, no parallel 

13 financing mechanisms exist outside of the Palestinian Au14 thority treasury account, and there is a single comprehen15 sive civil service roster and payroll, and the Palestinian 

16 Authority is acting to counter incitement of violence 

17 against Israelis and is supporting activities aimed at pro18 moting peace, coexistence, and security cooperation with 

19 Israel. 

20 (f) PROHIBITION TO HAMAS AND THE PALESTINE

21 LIBERATION ORGANIZATION.— 

22 (1) None of the funds appropriated under the 

23 heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act may 

24 be obligated for salaries of personnel of the Pales25 tinian Authority located in Gaza or may be obligated 


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1 or expended for assistance to Hamas or any entity 

2 effectively controlled by Hamas, any power-sharing 

3 government of which Hamas is a member, or that 

4 results from an agreement with Hamas and over 

5 which Hamas exercises undue influence. 

6 (2) Notwithstanding the limitation of paragraph 

7 (1), assistance may be provided to a power-sharing 

8 government only if the President certifies and re9 ports to the Committees on Appropriations that such 

10 government, including all of its ministers or such 

11 equivalent, has publicly accepted and is complying 

12 with the principles contained in section 620K(b)(1) 

13 (A) and (B) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

14 as amended. 

15 (3) The President may exercise the authority in 

16 section 620K(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

17 1961 with respect to this subsection. 

18 (4) Whenever the certification pursuant to 

19 paragraph (2) is exercised, the Secretary of State 

20 shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro21 priations within 120 days of the certification and 

22 every quarter thereafter on whether such govern23 ment, including all of its ministers or such equiva24 lent are continuing to comply with the principles 

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1 Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Pro2 vided, That the report shall also detail the amount, 

3 purposes and delivery mechanisms for any assistance 

4 provided pursuant to the abovementioned certifi5 cation and a full accounting of any direct support of 

6 such government. 

7 (5) None of the funds appropriated under titles 

8 III through VI of this Act may be obligated for as9 sistance for the Palestine Liberation Organization. 

10 (g) SUSPENSION OF ASSISTANCE.— 

11 (1) Funds appropriated under the heading 

12 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ in this Act and made 

13 available for assistance for the Palestinian Authority 

14 pursuant to subsection (b) shall be suspended if 

15 after the date of enactment of this Act— 

16 (A) the Palestinians obtain the same 

17 standing as member states or full membership 

18 as a state in the United Nations or any special19 ized agency thereof outside an agreement nego20 tiated between Israel and the Palestinians; or 

21 (B) the Palestinians initiate an Inter22 national Criminal Court (ICC) judicially au23 thorized investigation, or actively support such 

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1 to an investigation for alleged crimes against 

2 Palestinians. 

3 (2) The Secretary of State may waive the re4 striction in paragraph (1) of this subsection result5 ing from the application of subparagraph (A) of 

6 such paragraph if the Secretary certifies to the Com7 mittees on Appropriations that to do so is in the na8 tional security interest of the United States, and 

9 submits a report to such Committees detailing how 

10 the waiver and the continuation of assistance would 

11 assist in furthering Middle East peace. 

12 (h) REDUCTION.—The Secretary of State shall re13 duce the amount of assistance made available by this Act 

14 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for the Pal15 estinian Authority by an amount the Secretary determines 

16 is equivalent to the amount expended by the Palestinian 

17 Authority, the Palestine Liberation Organization, and any 

18 successor or affiliated organizations with such entities as 

19 payments for acts of terrorism by individuals who are im20 prisoned after being fairly tried and convicted for acts of 

21 terrorism and by individuals who died committing acts of 

22 terrorism during the previous calendar year: Provided, 

23 That the Secretary shall report to the Committees on Ap24 propriations on the amount reduced for fiscal year 2020 


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1 prior to the obligation of funds for the Palestinian Author2 ity. 

3 (i) INCITEMENT REPORT.—Not later than 90 days 

4 after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

5 submit a report to the appropriate congressional commit6 tees detailing steps taken by the Palestinian Authority to 

7 counter incitement of violence against Israelis and to pro8 mote peace and coexistence with Israel. 

9 (j) SECTION 1003.—(1) The President may waive the 

10 provisions of section 1003 of the Foreign Relations Au11 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 

12 100–204) if the President determines and certifies in writ13 ing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 

14 President pro tempore of the Senate, and the appropriate 

15 congressional committees that the Palestinians have not, 

16 after the date of enactment of this Act— 

17 (A) obtained in the United Nations or any spe18 cialized agency thereof the same standing as member 

19 states or full membership as a state outside an 

20 agreement negotiated between Israel and the Pal21 estinians; and 

22 (B) initiated or actively supported an ICC in23 vestigation against Israeli nationals for alleged 

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1 (2) Not less than 90 days after the President is un2 able to make the certification pursuant to paragraph (1) 

3 of this subsection, the President may waive section 1003 

4 of Public Law 100–204 if the President determines and 

5 certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Rep6 resentatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and 

7 the Committees on Appropriations that the Palestinians 

8 have entered into direct and meaningful negotiations with 

9 Israel: Provided, That any waiver of the provisions of sec10 tion 1003 of Public Law 100–204 under paragraph (1) 

11 of this subsection or under previous provisions of law must 

12 expire before the waiver under the preceding sentence may 

13 be exercised. 

14 (3) Any waiver pursuant to this subsection shall be 

15 effective for no more than a period of 6 months at a time 

16 and shall not apply beyond 12 months after the enactment 

17 of this Act. 

18 (k) PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION.— 

19 None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail20 able by this Act may be used to provide equipment, tech21 nical support, consulting services, or any other form of 

22 assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation. 

23 ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA

24 SEC. 7040. (a) OVERSIGHT.—For fiscal year 2020, 

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1 lateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 

2 State shall certify to the Committees on Appropriations 

3 that procedures have been established to assure the Comp4 troller General of the United States will have access to 

5 appropriate United States financial information in order 

6 to review the uses of United States assistance for the Pro7 gram funded under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

8 Fund’’ for the West Bank and Gaza. 

9 (b) VETTING.—Prior to the obligation of funds ap10 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup11 port Fund’’ for assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, 

12 the Secretary of State shall take all appropriate steps to 

13 ensure that such assistance is not provided to or through 

14 any individual, private or government entity, or edu15 cational institution that the Secretary knows or has reason 

16 to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has 

17 engaged in, terrorist activity nor, with respect to private 

18 entities or educational institutions, those that have as a 

19 principal officer of the entity’s governing board or gov20 erning board of trustees any individual that has been de21 termined to be involved in, or advocating terrorist activity 

22 or determined to be a member of a designated foreign ter23 rorist organization: Provided, That the Secretary of State 

24 shall, as appropriate, establish procedures specifying the 

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1 terminate assistance to any individual, entity, or edu2 cational institution which the Secretary has determined to 

3 be involved in or advocating terrorist activity. 

4 (c) PROHIBITION.— 

5 (1) RECOGNITION OF ACTS OF TERRORISM.— 

6 None of the funds appropriated under titles III 

7 through VI of this Act for assistance under the West 

8 Bank and Gaza Program may be made available 

9 for— 

10 (A) the purpose of recognizing or otherwise 

11 honoring individuals who commit, or have com12 mitted acts of terrorism; and 

13 (B) any educational institution located in 

14 the West Bank or Gaza that is named after an 

15 individual who the Secretary of State deter16 mines has committed an act of terrorism. 

17 (2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND REPORTING RE18 QUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

19 of law, none of the funds made available by this or 

20 prior appropriations Acts, including funds made 

21 available by transfer, may be made available for obli22 gation for security assistance for the West Bank and 

23 Gaza until the Secretary of State reports to the 

24 Committees on Appropriations on the benchmarks 

25 that have been established for security assistance for 


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1 the West Bank and Gaza and reports on the extent 

2 of Palestinian compliance with such benchmarks. 

3 (d) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

4 (1) ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—Prior to the ini5 tial obligation of funds made available by this Act 

6 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 

7 assistance for the West Bank and Gaza, the Sec8 retary of State shall report to the Committees on 

9 Appropriations that the purpose of such assistance 

10 is to— 

11 (A) advance Middle East peace; 

12 (B) improve security in the region; 

13 (C) continue support for transparent and 

14 accountable government institutions; 

15 (D) promote a private sector economy; or 

16 (E) address urgent humanitarian needs. 

17 (2) SECURITY ASSISTANCE.—The reporting re18 quirements in section 1404 of the Supplemental Ap19 propriations Act, 2008 (Public Law 110–252) shall 

20 apply to funds made available by this Act, including 

21 a description of modifications, if any, to the security 

22 strategy of the Palestinian Authority. 

23 (e) PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS.— 

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1 ations, and related programs may be made available for 

2 private sector partnership programs for the West Bank 

3 and Gaza if such funds are authorized: Provided, That 

4 funds made available pursuant to this subsection shall be 

5 subject to prior consultation with the appropriate congres6 sional committees, and the regular notification procedures 

7 of the Committees on Appropriations. 

8 (f) OVERSIGHT BY THE UNITED STATES AGENCY

9 FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.— 

10 (1) The Administrator of the United States 

11 Agency for International Development shall ensure 

12 that Federal or non-Federal audits of all contractors 

13 and grantees, and significant subcontractors and 

14 sub-grantees, under the West Bank and Gaza Pro15 gram, are conducted at least on an annual basis to 

16 ensure, among other things, compliance with this 

17 section. 

18 (2) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, up 

19 to $1,000,000 may be used by the Office of Inspec20 tor General of the United States Agency for Inter21 national Development for audits, investigations, and 

22 other activities in furtherance of the requirements of 

23 this subsection: Provided, That such funds are in ad24 dition to funds otherwise available for such pur25 poses. 


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1 (g) COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED

2 STATES AUDIT.—Subsequent to the certification specified 

3 in subsection (a), the Comptroller General of the United 

4 States shall conduct an audit and an investigation of the 

5 treatment, handling, and uses of all funds for the bilateral 

6 West Bank and Gaza Program, including all funds pro7 vided as cash transfer assistance, in fiscal year 2020 

8 under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, and such 

9 audit shall address— 

10 (1) the extent to which such Program complies 

11 with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c); 

12 and 

13 (2) an examination of all programs, projects, 

14 and activities carried out under such Program, in15 cluding both obligations and expenditures. 

16 (h) NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.—Funds made 

17 available in this Act for West Bank and Gaza shall be 

18 subject to the regular notification procedures of the Com19 mittees on Appropriations. 

20 MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA

21 SEC. 7041. (a) ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF

22 ISRAEL.—It is the sense of the Congress that— 

23 (1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the sec24 ondary boycott of American firms that have commercial 

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1 and to United States investment and trade in the Middle 

2 East and North Africa; 

3 (2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably 

4 reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly 

5 terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of 

6 Israel immediately disbanded; 

7 (3) all Arab League states should normalize relations 

8 with their neighbor Israel; 

9 (4) the President and the Secretary of State should 

10 continue to vigorously oppose the Arab League boycott of 

11 Israel and find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposi12 tion by, for example, taking into consideration the partici13 pation of any recipient country in the boycott when deter14 mining to sell weapons to said country; and 

15 (5) the President should report to Congress annually 

16 on specific steps being taken by the United States to en17 courage Arab League states to normalize their relations 

18 with Israel to bring about the termination of the Arab 

19 League boycott of Israel, including those to encourage al20 lies and trading partners of the United States to enact 

21 laws prohibiting businesses from complying with the boy22 cott and penalizing businesses that do comply. 

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1 ance for Egypt may be made available notwith2 standing any other provision of law restricting as3 sistance for Egypt, except for this subsection and 

4 section 620M of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 

5 and may only be made available for assistance for 

6 the Government of Egypt if the Secretary of State 

7 certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro8 priations that such government is— 

9 (A) sustaining the strategic relationship 

10 with the United States; and 

11 (B) meeting its obligations under the 1979 

12 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty. 

13 (2) ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUND.— 

14 (A) FUNDING.—Of the funds appropriated 

15 by this Act under the headings ‘‘Development 

16 Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, up 

17 to $102,500,000 may be made available for as18 sistance for Egypt, of which not less than 

19 $35,000,000 should be made available for high20 er education programs including not less than 

21 $15,000,000 for scholarships for Egyptian stu22 dents with high financial need to attend not-for23 profit institutions of higher education: Provided, 

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1 grams in the Sinai: Provided further, That such 

2 funds may not be made available for cash 

3 transfer assistance or budget support. 

4 (B) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap5 propriated by this Act and prior Acts making 

6 appropriations for the Department of State, 

7 foreign operations, and related programs under 

8 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ may be 

9 made available for a contribution, voluntary or 

10 otherwise, to the ‘‘Civil Associations and Foun11 dations Support Fund’’, or any similar fund, es12 tablished pursuant to Law 70 on Associations 

13 and Other Foundations Working in the Field of 

14 Civil Work published in the Official Gazette of 

15 Egypt on May 29, 2017. 

16 (3) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO17 GRAM.— 

18 (A) CERTIFICATION.—Of the funds appro19 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Foreign 

20 Military Financing Program’’, up to 

21 $1,300,000,000, to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2021, may be made available for as23 sistance for Egypt: Provided, That such funds 

24 may be transferred to an interest bearing ac25 count in the Federal Reserve Bank of New 


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1 York, following consultation with the Commit2 tees on Appropriations: Provided further, That 

3 20 percent of such funds shall be withheld from 

4 obligation until the Secretary of State certifies 

5 and reports to the Committees on Appropria6 tions that the Government of Egypt is taking, 

7 on a sustained and effective basis, the steps 

8 enumerated under this section in the report ac9 companying this Act: Provided further, That the 

10 certification requirement of this paragraph shall 

11 not apply to funds appropriated by this Act 

12 under such heading for counterterrorism, bor13 der security, and nonproliferation programs for 

14 Egypt. 

15 (B) WAIVER.—(i) The Secretary of State 

16 may waive the certification requirement in sub17 paragraph (A) with respect to 95 percent of the 

18 amount withheld from obligation pursuant to 

19 such subparagraph if the Secretary determines 

20 and reports to the Committees on Appropria21 tions that to do so is important to the national 

22 security interest of the United States, and in23 cludes in such report a detailed justification for 

24 the use of such waiver and the reasons why any 

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1 graph (A) cannot be met: Provided, That the 

2 report required by this paragraph shall be sub3 mitted in unclassified form, but may be accom4 panied by a classified annex. 

5 (ii) The remaining 5 percent may only 

6 be made available for obligation if the Sec7 retary of State determines and reports to 

8 the Committees on Appropriations that the 

9 Government of Egypt has completed action 

10 to provide fair and commensurate com11 pensation to American citizen April Corley 

12 for injuries suffered by Egyptian armed 

13 forces on September 13, 2015: Provided, 

14 That none of the funds withheld pursuant 

15 to subparagraph (A) shall be transferred to 

16 the interest bearing account referenced in 

17 subparagraph (A) until the determination 

18 in the preceding sentence has been pro19 vided to the Committees on Appropria20 tions. 

21 (c) IRAN.— 

22 (1) FUNDING.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

23 under the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Eco24 nomic Support Fund’’, and ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti25 terrorism, Demining and Related Programs’’ shall 


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1 be used by the Secretary of State to support the ac2 tivities described under this section in the report ac3 companying this Act. 

4 (2) REPORTS.— 

5 (A) SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT.—The Sec6 retary of State shall submit to the Committees 

7 on Appropriations the semi-annual report re8 quired by section 135 of the Atomic Energy Act 

9 of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2160e(d)(4)), as added by 

10 section 2 of the Iran Nuclear Agreement Re11 view Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–17). 

12 (B) SANCTIONS REPORT.—Not later than 

13 180 days after the date of enactment of this 

14 Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with 

15 the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to 

16 the appropriate congressional committees a re17 port on— 

18 (i) the status of United States bilat19 eral sanctions on Iran; 

20 (ii) the reimposition and renewed en21 forcement of secondary sanctions; and 

22 (iii) the impact such sanctions have 

23 had on Iran’s destabilizing activities 

24 throughout the Middle East. 

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1 (1) PURPOSES.—Funds appropriated under ti2 tles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 

3 for assistance for Iraq for economic, stabilization, 

4 and humanitarian programs described under this 

5 section in the report accompanying this Act. 

6 (2) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the 

7 funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 

8 this Act may be used by the Government of the 

9 United States to enter into a permanent basing 

10 rights agreement between the United States and 

11 Iraq. 

12 (e) JORDAN.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

13 under titles III and IV, not less than $1,525,000,000 shall 

14 be made available for assistance for Jordan, of which not 

15 less than $745,100,000 of the funds appropriated under 

16 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be for budget 

17 support for the Government of Jordan and of which not 

18 less than $425,000,000 shall be made available under the 

19 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’. 

20 (f) LEBANON.—Funds appropriated by this Act that 

21 are made available for assistance for Lebanon— 

22 (1) under the headings ‘‘International Narcotics 

23 Control and Law Enforcement’’ and ‘‘Foreign Mili24 tary Financing Program’’ may be made available for 

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1 the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) to address secu2 rity and stability requirements in areas affected by 

3 the conflict in Syria, following consultation with the 

4 appropriate congressional committees; 

5 (2) under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Fi6 nancing Program’’ may be used only to profes7 sionalize the LAF and to strengthen border security 

8 and combat terrorism, including training and equip9 ping the LAF to secure Lebanon’s borders, inter10 dicting arms shipments, preventing the use of Leb11 anon as a safe haven for terrorist groups, and to im12 plement United Nations Security Council Resolution 

13 1701: Provided, That funds may not be obligated for 

14 assistance for the LAF until the Secretary of State 

15 submits to the Committees on Appropriations a 

16 spend plan, including actions to be taken to ensure 

17 equipment provided to the LAF is only used for the 

18 intended purposes, except such plan may not be con19 sidered as meeting the notification requirements 

20 under section 7015 of this Act or under section 

21 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and 

22 shall include any funds specifically intended for le23 thal military equipment: Provided further, That such 

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1 (3) shall not be made available for the ISF or 

2 the LAF if these entities fall under control by a for3 eign terrorist organization, as designated pursuant 

4 to section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

5 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189); and 

6 (4) under the heading ‘‘Economic Support 

7 Fund’’ may be made available notwithstanding sec8 tion 1224 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 

9 Act, Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107–228; 22 

10 U.S.C. 2346 note). 

11 (g) LIBYA.— 

12 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under 

13 titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 

14 for stabilization assistance for Libya, including bor15 der security: Provided, That the limitation on the 

16 uses of funds for certain infrastructure projects in 

17 section 7041(f)(2) of the Department of State, For18 eign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria19 tions Act, 2014 (division K of Public Law 113–76) 

20 shall apply to such funds. 

21 (2) CERTIFICATION.—Prior to the initial obliga22 tion of funds made available by this Act for assist23 ance for Libya, the Secretary of State shall certify 

24 and report to the Committees on Appropriations 

25 that all practicable steps have been taken to ensure 


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1 that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, over2 sight, and control of such funds. 

3 (3) COOPERATION ON THE SEPTEMBER 2012 AT4 TACK ON UNITED STATES PERSONNEL AND FACILI5 TIES.—None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

6 may be made available for assistance for the central 

7 Government of Libya unless the Secretary of State 

8 certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro9 priations that such government is cooperating with 

10 United States Government efforts to investigate and 

11 bring to justice those responsible for the attack on 

12 United States personnel and facilities in Benghazi, 

13 Libya in September 2012: Provided, That the limita14 tion in this paragraph shall not apply to funds made 

15 available for the purpose of protecting United States 

16 Government personnel or facilities. 

17 (h) MOROCCO.— 

18 (1) AVAILABILITY AND CONSULTATION RE19 QUIREMENT.—Funds appropriated under the head20 ings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Sup21 port Fund’’ in this Act shall be made available for 

22 assistance for the Western Sahara: Provided, That 

23 not later than 90 days after enactment of this Act 

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1 ministrator, shall consult with the Committees on 

2 Appropriations on the proposed uses of such funds. 

3 (2) FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PRO4 GRAM.—Funds appropriated by this Act under the 

5 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ that 

6 are available for assistance for Morocco may only be 

7 used for the purposes requested in the Congressional 

8 Budget Justification, Foreign Operations, Fiscal 

9 Year 2017. 

10 (i) SAUDI ARABIA.—None of the funds appropriated 

11 by this Act should be used to support the sale of nuclear 

12 technology to Saudi Arabia. 

13 (j) SYRIA.— 

14 (1) NON-LETHAL ASSISTANCE.—Funds appro15 priated by this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic 

16 Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Narcotics Control 

17 and Law Enforcement’’, and ‘‘Peacekeeping Oper18 ations’’ may be made available, notwithstanding any 

19 other provision of law, for non-lethal stabilization as20 sistance for Syria, including for emergency medical 

21 and rescue response and chemical weapons use in22 vestigations. 

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1 (A) may not be made available for a 

2 project or activity that supports or otherwise le3 gitimizes the Government of Iran, the Govern4 ment of the Russian Federation, foreign ter5 rorist organizations (as designated pursuant to 

6 section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality 

7 Act (8 U.S.C. 1189)), or a proxy of Iran in 

8 Syria; and 

9 (B) should not be used in areas of Syria 

10 controlled by a government led by Bashar al11 Assad or associated forces. 

12 (3) MONITORING AND OVERSIGHT.—Prior to 

13 the obligation of any funds appropriated by this Act 

14 and made available for assistance for Syria, the Sec15 retary of State shall take all practicable steps to en16 sure that mechanisms are in place for monitoring, 

17 oversight, and control of such assistance inside 

18 Syria. 

19 (4) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 

20 Funds made available pursuant to this subsection 

21 may only be made available following consultation 

22 with the appropriate congressional committees, and 

23 shall be subject to the regular notification proce24 dures of the Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 (k) TUNISIA.—Of the funds appropriated under titles 

2 III and IV of this Act, not less than $191,400,000 shall 

3 be made available for assistance for Tunisia. 

4 (l) YEMEN.—Funds appropriated by this Act under 

5 the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made 

6 available for stabilization assistance for Yemen. 

7 AFRICA

8 SEC. 7042. (a) AFRICAN GREAT LAKES REGION AS9 SISTANCE RESTRICTION.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

10 under the heading ‘‘International Military Education and 

11 Training’’ for the central government of a country in the 

12 African Great Lakes region may be made available only 

13 for Expanded International Military Education and Train14 ing and professional military education until the Secretary 

15 of State determines and reports to the Committees on Ap16 propriations that such government is not facilitating or 

17 otherwise participating in destabilizing activities in a 

18 neighboring country, including aiding and abetting armed 

19 groups. 

20 (b) CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC.—Of the funds ap21 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Sup22 port Fund’’, not less than $3,000,000 shall be made avail23 able for a contribution to the Special Criminal Court in 

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1 (c) MALAWI.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less 

3 than $56,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 

4 for Malawi, of which up to $10,000,000 shall be made 

5 available for higher education programs. 

6 (d) SOUTH SUDAN.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

7 that are made available for assistance for the central Gov8 ernment of South Sudan may only be made available, fol9 lowing consultation with the Committees on Appropria10 tions, for the purposes described under this section in the 

11 report accompanying this Act: Provided, That prior to the 

12 initial obligation of funds to support South Sudan peace 

13 negotiations or to implement a peace agreement, the Sec14 retary of State shall consult with the Committees on Ap15 propriations on the intended uses of such funds and steps 

16 taken by such government to advance or implement a 

17 peace agreement. 

18 (e) SUDAN.— 

19 (1) LIMITATIONS.— 

20 (A) ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding any 

21 other provision of law, none of the funds appro22 priated by this Act may be made available for 

23 assistance for the Government of Sudan. 

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1 the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Con2 gressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying 

3 loans and loan guarantees held by the Govern4 ment of Sudan, including the cost of selling, re5 ducing, or canceling amounts owed to the 

6 United States, and modifying concessional 

7 loans, guarantees, and credit agreements. 

8 (2) EXCLUSIONS.—The limitations of para9 graph (1) shall not apply to funds made available for 

10 assistance described under this section in the report 

11 accompanying this Act. 

12 (f) ZIMBABWE.—None of the funds appropriated by 

13 this Act shall be made available for assistance for the cen14 tral Government of Zimbabwe, except for health and edu15 cation, unless the Secretary of State certifies and reports 

16 that the rule of law and freedom of expression, association, 

17 and assembly are restored, except that funds may be made 

18 available for macroeconomic growth assistance if the Sec19 retary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

20 such government is implementing transparent fiscal poli21 cies, including public disclosure of revenues from the ex22 traction of natural resources. 

23 EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC

24 SEC. 7043. (a) BURMA.— 

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1 (A) AUTHORITY.—Funds appropriated by 

2 this Act under the headings ‘‘Development As3 sistance’’ and ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ for 

4 assistance for Burma may be made available 

5 notwithstanding any other provision of law, ex6 cept for this subsection, and following consulta7 tion with the appropriate congressional commit8 tees: Provided, That such funds may be made 

9 available for ethnic groups and civil society in 

10 Burma to help sustain ceasefire agreements and 

11 further prospects for reconciliation and peace, 

12 which may include support to representatives of 

13 ethnic armed groups for this purpose. 

14 (B) LIMITATIONS.—Funds appropriated by 

15 this Act under titles III and IV to carry out the 

16 provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance 

17 Act of 1961 and made available for assistance 

18 for Burma shall be subject to the limitations 

19 enumerated under this section in the report ac20 companying this Act. 

21 (2) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 

22 None of the funds appropriated by this Act under 

23 the headings ‘‘International Military Education and 

24 Training’’ and ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Pro25 gram’’ may be made available for assistance for 


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1 Burma: Provided, That the Department of State 

2 may continue consultations with the armed forces of 

3 Burma only on human rights and disaster response 

4 in a manner consistent with the prior fiscal year, 

5 and following consultation with the appropriate con6 gressional committees. 

7 (b) CAMBODIA.— 

8 (1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro9 priated by this Act that are made available for as10 sistance for the Government of Cambodia may be 

11 obligated or expended unless the Secretary of State 

12 certifies and reports to the Committees on Appro13 priations that such Government is meeting the con14 ditions described under this section in the report ac15 companying this Act. 

16 (2) USES.—Funds appropriated by this Act 

17 under the heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and 

18 made available for assistance for Cambodia shall be 

19 made available for the purposes described under this 

20 section in the report accompanying this Act. 

21 (c) INDO-PACIFIC STRATEGY.—Of the funds appro22 priated by this Act, $160,000,000 shall be made available 

23 to support the implementation of the Indo-Pacific Strat24 egy. 

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1 (1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro2 priated by this Act may be made available for assist3 ance for the Government of North Korea: Provided, 

4 That the Secretary of State may waive the limitation 

5 in this paragraph, and the limitation on assistance 

6 for North Korea contained in section 7007 of this 

7 Act, if the Secretary determines and reports to the 

8 Committees on Appropriations that to do so is im9 portant to the national security interest of the 

10 United States, and submits in such report a detailed 

11 justification. 

12 (2) HUMAN RIGHTS.—Funds appropriated by 

13 this Act under the headings ‘‘Democracy Fund’’ and 

14 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available 

15 for the promotion of human rights in North Korea: 

16 Provided, That the authority of section 7032(b) of 

17 this Act shall apply to such funds. 

18 (e) PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.— 

19 (1) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—None of 

20 the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Diplo21 matic Programs’’ in this Act may be obligated or ex22 pended for processing licenses for the export of sat23 ellites of United States origin (including commercial 

24 satellites and satellite components) to the People’s 

25 Republic of China (PRC) unless, at least 15 days in 


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1 advance, the Committees on Appropriations are noti2 fied of such proposed action. 

3 (2) PEOPLE’S LIBERATION ARMY.—The terms 

4 and requirements of section 620(h) of the Foreign 

5 Assistance Act of 1961 shall apply to foreign assist6 ance projects or activities of the People’s Liberation 

7 Army (PLA) of the PRC, to include such projects or 

8 activities by any entity that is owned or controlled 

9 by, or an affiliate of, the PLA: Provided, That none 

10 of the funds appropriated or otherwise made avail11 able pursuant to this Act may be used to finance 

12 any grant, contract, or cooperative agreement with 

13 the PLA, or any entity that the Secretary of State 

14 has reason to believe is owned or controlled by, or 

15 an affiliate of, the PLA. 

16 (f) PHILIPPINES.—None of the funds appropriated 

17 by this Act under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 

18 Control and Law Enforcement’’ may be made available for 

19 counternarcotics assistance for the Philippines, except for 

20 drug demand reduction, maritime law enforcement, or 

21 transnational interdiction. 

22 (g) TIBET.— 

23 (1) FINANCING OF PROJECTS IN TIBET.—The 

24 Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United 

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1 cial institution to use the voice and vote of the 

2 United States to support financing of projects in 

3 Tibet if such projects do not provide incentives for 

4 the migration and settlement of non-Tibetans into 

5 Tibet or facilitate the transfer of ownership of Ti6 betan land and natural resources to non-Tibetans, 

7 are based on a thorough needs-assessment, foster 

8 self-sufficiency of the Tibetan people and respect Ti9 betan culture and traditions, and are subject to ef10 fective monitoring. 

11 (2) PROGRAMS FOR TIBETAN COMMUNITIES.— 

12 Of the funds appropriated under the heading ‘‘Eco13 nomic Support Fund’’, not less than— 

14 (A) TIBET AUTONOMOUS REGION.— 

15 $8,000,000 shall be made available to non16 governmental organizations to support activities 

17 which preserve cultural traditions and promote 

18 sustainable development, education, and envi19 ronmental conservation in Tibetan communities 

20 in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in other 

21 Tibetan communities in China, notwithstanding 

22 any other provision of law; 

23 (B) INDIA AND NEPAL.—$6,000,000 shall 

24 be made available for programs to promote and 

25 preserve Tibetan culture, development, and the 


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1 resilience of Tibetan communities in India and 

2 Nepal, and to assist in the education and devel3 opment of the next generation of Tibetan lead4 ers from such communities: Provided, That 

5 such funds are in addition to amounts made 

6 available in subparagraph (A) for programs in7 side Tibet; and 

8 (C) TIBETAN GOVERNANCE.—$3,000,000 

9 shall be made available for programs to 

10 strengthen the capacity of Tibetan institutions 

11 and governance. 

12 (h) VIETNAM.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of law, funds appropriated by this Act under the heading 

14 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’ shall be made available for re15 mediation of dioxin contaminated sites in Vietnam and 

16 may be made available for assistance for the Government 

17 of Vietnam, including the military, for such purposes. 

18 SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIA

19 SEC. 7044. (a) AFGHANISTAN.— 

20 (1) AUTHORITIES.— 

21 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

22 titles III through VI that are made available for 

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1 (i) notwithstanding section 7012 of 

2 this Act or any similar provision of law 

3 and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance 

4 Act of 1961; 

5 (ii) for reconciliation programs and 

6 disarmament, demobilization, and re7 integration activities for former combat8 ants who have renounced violence against 

9 the Government of Afghanistan, including 

10 in accordance with section 

11 7046(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Department of 

12 State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

13 Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (divi14 sion I of Public Law 112–74); and 

15 (iii) for an endowment to empower 

16 women and girls. 

17 (B) Section 7046(a)(2)(A) of the Depart18 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

19 Programs Appropriations Act, 2012 (division I 

20 of Public Law 112–74) shall apply to funds ap21 propriated by this Act for assistance for Af22 ghanistan. 

23 (2) BASING RIGHTS AGREEMENT.—None of the 

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1 nent basing rights agreement between the United 

2 States and Afghanistan. 

3 (b) PAKISTAN.— 

4 (1) AUTHORITY AND USES OF FUNDS.— 

5 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act for as6 sistance for Pakistan may be made available 

7 notwithstanding any other provision of law, ex8 cept for section 620M of the Foreign Assistance 

9 Act of 1961. 

10 (B) Funds appropriated by this Act for as11 sistance for Pakistan that are made available 

12 for infrastructure projects shall be implemented 

13 in a manner consistent with section 507(6) of 

14 the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2467(6)). 

15 (C) The authorities and directives of sec16 tion 7044(d)(4) of the Department of State, 

17 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Ap18 propriations Act, 2015 (division J of Public 

19 Law 113–235) regarding scholarships for 

20 women shall apply to funds appropriated by 

21 this Act for assistance for Pakistan, following 

22 consultation with the Committees on Appropria23 tions. 

24 (D) Funds appropriated by this Act under 

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1 ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining 

2 and Related Programs’’ that are made available 

3 for assistance for Pakistan shall be made avail4 able to interdict precursor materials from Paki5 stan to Afghanistan that are used to manufac6 ture improvised explosive devices and for agri7 culture extension programs that encourage al8 ternative fertilizer use among Pakistani farmers 

9 to decrease the dual use of fertilizer in the 

10 manufacturing of improvised explosive devices. 

11 (2) WITHHOLDING.—Of the funds appropriated 

12 under titles III and IV of this Act that are made 

13 available for assistance for Pakistan, $33,000,000 

14 shall be withheld from obligation until the Secretary 

15 of State reports to the Committees on Appropria16 tions that Dr. Shakil Afridi has been released from 

17 prison and cleared of all charges relating to the as18 sistance provided to the United States in locating 

19 Osama bin Laden. 

20 (c) SRI LANKA.— 

21 (1) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 

22 this Act for assistance for the central Government of 

23 Sri Lanka, except for funds made available for hu24 manitarian assistance and victims of trauma, may be 

25 made available only if the Secretary of State certifies 


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1 and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

2 that the Government of Sri Lanka is taking actions 

3 as described under this section in the report accom4 panying this Act. 

5 (2) INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ASSISTANCE.— 

6 Funds appropriated under title IV of this Act that 

7 are available for assistance for Sri Lanka shall be 

8 subject to the following conditions— 

9 (A) not to exceed $500,000 under the 

10 heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing Program’’ 

11 may only be made available for programs to 

12 support counterterrorism, humanitarian and 

13 disaster response preparedness, and maritime 

14 security, including professionalization and train15 ing for the navy and coast guard; and 

16 (B) funds under the heading ‘‘Peace17 keeping Operations’’ may only be made avail18 able for training and equipment related to 

19 international peacekeeping operations and im20 provements to peacekeeping-related facilities, 

21 and only if the Government of Sri Lanka is tak22 ing effective steps to bring to justice Sri 

23 Lankan peacekeeping troops who have engaged 

24 in sexual exploitation and abuse. 


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1 LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

2 SEC. 7045. (a) CENTRAL AMERICA.— 

3 (1) ASSISTANCE.— 

4 (A) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—Of the funds appro5 priated by this Act under titles III and IV, not less 

6 than $540,850,000 shall be made available for as7 sistance for the countries of Central America, in8 cluding to implement the United States Strategy for 

9 Engagement in Central America: Provided, That 

10 such assistance shall be prioritized for programs and 

11 activities that addresses the key factors that con12 tribute to the migration of unaccompanied, undocu13 mented minors to the United States: Provided fur14 ther, That not less than $45,000,000 shall be for 

15 support of Attorneys General and other activities to 

16 combat corruption and impunity in such countries. 

17 (B) PRIOR FISCAL YEARS.— 

18 (i) Section 7045(a) of the Department of 

19 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro20 grams Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of 

21 Public Law 115-31) is amended by striking in 

22 paragraph (2), ‘‘$655,000,000 should’’ and in23 serting in lieu thereof, ‘‘not less than 

24 $655,000,000 shall’’. 


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1 (ii) Section 7045(a) of the Department of 

2 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro3 grams Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of 

4 Public Law 115-141) is amended by striking in 

5 paragraph (1), ‘‘up to $615,000,000 may’’ and 

6 inserting in lieu thereof, ‘‘not less than 

7 $615,000,000 shall’’. 

8 (iii) Section 7045(a) of the Department of 

9 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro10 grams Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of 

11 Public Law 116-6) is amended— 

12 (I) by redesignating paragraphs (1), 

13 (2), (3), and (4) as paragraphs (2), (3), 

14 (4), and (5), respectively; 

15 (II) by inserting before paragraph (2), 

16 as redesignated, the following new para17 graph: 

18 ‘‘(1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated 

19 under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than 

20 $527,600,000 shall be made available for assistance 

21 for the countries of Central America to implement 

22 the United States Strategy for Engagement in Cen23 tral America.’’; 

24 (III) in paragraph (3), as redesig25 nated, by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ each 


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1 place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

2 (2)’’; and 

3 (IV) in paragraph (4) as redesig4 nated— 

5 (aa) by striking ‘‘subsection 

6 (a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

7 (2)’’; and 

8 (bb) by striking ‘‘subsection 

9 (a)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

10 (3)’’. 

11 (2) NORTHERN TRIANGLE.— 

12 (A) ASSISTANCE TO THE CENTRAL GOVERN13 MENTS.—Of funds made available pursuant to para14 graph (1)(A) under title IV of this Act that are 

15 made available for assistance for each of the central 

16 governments of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Hon17 duras, 50 percent may only be obligated after the 

18 Secretary of State certifies and reports to the appro19 priate congressional committees that such govern20 ment is meeting the requirements enumerated under 

21 this section in the report accompanying this Act. 

22 (B) REPROGRAMMING.—If the Secretary is un23 able to make the certification required by subpara24 graph (A) for one or more of the governments, such 

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1 programmed for assistance for other countries in 

2 Latin America and the Caribbean, notwithstanding 

3 the minimum funding requirements of this sub4 section and of section 7019 of this Act: Provided, 

5 That any such reprogramming shall be subject to 

6 the regular notification procedures of the Commit7 tees on Appropriations. 

8 (C) EXCEPTIONS.—The limitation of subpara9 graph (A) shall not apply to funds appropriated by 

10 this Act that are made available for— 

11 (i) the International Commission against 

12 Impunity in Guatemala, the Mission to Support 

13 the Fight Against Corruption and Impunity in 

14 Honduras, assistance for support of Attorneys 

15 General, and other activities to combat corrup16 tion and impunity; 

17 (ii) programs to combat gender-based vio18 lence; 

19 (iii) humanitarian assistance; and 

20 (iv) global food security programs. 

21 (b) COLOMBIA.— 

22 (1) ASSISTANCE.—Of the funds appropriated by 

23 this Act under titles III and IV, not less than 

24 $457,253,000 shall be made available for assistance 

25 for Colombia: Provided, That such funds shall be 


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1 made available for the programs and activities de2 scribed under this section in the report accom3 panying this Act. 

4 (2) WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 

5 (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

6 under the heading ‘‘Foreign Military Financing 

7 Program’’ and made available for assistance for 

8 Colombia, 20 percent may be obligated only 

9 after the Secretary of State submits to the 

10 Committees on Appropriation the certification 

11 and report regarding such funds described 

12 under this section in the report accompanying 

13 this Act. 

14 (B) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

15 under the heading ‘‘International Narcotics 

16 Control and Law Enforcement’’ and made 

17 available for assistance for Colombia, 20 per18 cent may be obligated only after the Secretary 

19 of State certifies and reports to the Committees 

20 on Appropriations that the Government of Co21 lombia has reduced overall illicit drug cultiva22 tion and trafficking. 

23 (3) AUTHORITY.—Aircraft supported by funds 

24 appropriated by this Act and prior Acts making ap25 propriations for the Department of State, foreign 


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1 operations, and related programs and made available 

2 for assistance for Colombia may be used to trans3 port personnel and supplies involved in drug eradi4 cation and interdiction, including security for such 

5 activities, and to provide transport in support of al6 ternative development programs and investigations 

7 by civilian judicial authorities. 

8 (c) HAITI.— 

9 (1) CERTIFICATION.—Funds appropriated by 

10 this Act under the headings ‘‘Economic Support 

11 Fund’’ that are made available for assistance for 

12 Haiti may not be made available for assistance for 

13 the central Government of Haiti unless the Sec14 retary of State certifies and reports to the Commit15 tees on Appropriations that such government is tak16 ing the steps described under this section in the re17 port accompanying this Act. 

18 (2) HAITIAN COAST GUARD.—The Government 

19 of Haiti shall be eligible to purchase defense articles 

20 and services under the Arms Export Control Act (22 

21 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.) for the Coast Guard. 

22 (d) THE CARIBBEAN.—Of the funds appropriated by 

23 this Act under title IV, not less than $58,000,000 shall 

24 be made available for the Caribbean Basin Security Initia25 tive. 


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1 (e) VENEZUELA.—Of the funds appropriated by this 

2 Act under the heading ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, not 

3 less than $17,500,000 shall be made available for pro4 grams to promote democracy and the rule of law in Ven5 ezuela. 

6 EUROPE AND EURASIA

7 SEC. 7046. (a) VIOLATIONS OF SOVEREIGNTY.— 

8 None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 

9 available for assistance for a government of an Inde10 pendent State of the former Soviet Union if such govern11 ment directs any action in violation of the territorial integ12 rity or national sovereignty of any other Independent 

13 State of the former Soviet Union, such as those violations 

14 included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That except 

15 as otherwise provided in subsection (c)(1) of this section, 

16 funds may be made available without regard to the restric17 tion in this subsection if the President determines that 

18 to do so is in the national security interest of the United 

19 States: Provided further, That prior to executing the au20 thority contained in the previous proviso, the Secretary of 

21 State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 

22 on how such assistance supports the national security in23 terest of the United States. 


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1 (b) SECTION 907 OF THE FREEDOM SUPPORT

2 ACT.—Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act (22 

3 U.S.C. 5812 note) shall not apply to— 

4 (1) activities to support democracy or assist5 ance under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act 

6 (22 U.S.C. 5851 et seq.) and section 1424 of the 

7 Defense Against Weapons of Mass Destruction Act 

8 of 1996 (50 U.S.C. 2333) or non-proliferation as9 sistance; 

10 (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and 

11 Development Agency under section 661 of the For12 eign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421); 

13 (3) any activity carried out by a member of the 

14 United States and Foreign Commercial Service while 

15 acting within his or her official capacity; 

16 (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or 

17 other assistance provided by the United States 

18 International Development Finance Corporation as 

19 authorized by the BUILD Act of 2018 (division F 

20 of Public Law 115-254); 

21 (5) any financing provided under the Export22 Import Bank Act of 1945 (Public Law 79–173); or 

23 (6) humanitarian assistance. 

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1 (1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds appro2 priated by this Act may be made available for assist3 ance for the central Government of the Russian Fed4 eration. 

5 (2) ANNEXATION OF CRIMEA.— 

6 (A) None of the funds appropriated by this 

7 Act may be made available for assistance for 

8 the central government of a country that the 

9 Secretary of State determines and reports to 

10 the Committees on Appropriations has taken af11 firmative steps intended to support or be sup12 portive of the Russian Federation annexation of 

13 Crimea or other territory in Ukraine: Provided, 

14 That except as otherwise provided in subsection 

15 (a), the Secretary may waive the restriction on 

16 assistance required by this subparagraph if the 

17 Secretary determines and reports to such Com18 mittees that to do so is in the national interest 

19 of the United States, and includes a justifica20 tion for such interest. 

21 (B) None of the funds appropriated by this 

22 Act may be made available for— 

23 (i) the implementation of any action 

24 or policy that recognizes the sovereignty of 


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1 the Russian Federation over Crimea or 

2 other territory in Ukraine; 

3 (ii) the facilitation, financing, or guar4 antee of United States Government invest5 ments in Crimea or other territory in 

6 Ukraine under the control of Russian7 backed separatists, if such activity includes 

8 the participation of Russian Government 

9 officials, or other Russian owned or con10 trolled financial entities; or 

11 (iii) assistance for Crimea or other 

12 territory in Ukraine under the control of 

13 Russian-backed separatists, if such assist14 ance includes the participation of Russian 

15 Government officials, or other Russian 

16 owned or controlled financial entities. 

17 (C) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in18 struct the United States executive directors of 

19 each international financial institution to vote 

20 against any assistance by such institution (in21 cluding any loan, credit, or guarantee) for any 

22 program that violates the sovereignty or terri23 torial integrity of Ukraine. 

24 (D) The requirements and limitations of 

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1 Secretary of State determines and reports to 

2 the Committees on Appropriations that the 

3 Government of Ukraine has reestablished sov4 ereignty over Crimea and other territory in 

5 Ukraine under the control of Russian-backed 

6 separatists. 

7 (3) OCCUPATION OF THE GEORGIAN TERRITORIES

8 OF ABKHAZIA AND TSKHINVALI REGION/SOUTH

9 OSSETIA.— 

10 (A) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

11 may be made available for assistance for the central 

12 government of a country that the Secretary of State 

13 determines and reports to the Committees on Appro14 priations has recognized the independence of, or has 

15 established diplomatic relations with, the Russian oc16 cupied Georgian territories of Abkhazia and 

17 Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia: Provided, That the 

18 Secretary shall publish on the Department of State 

19 website a list of any such central governments in a 

20 timely manner: Provided further, That the Secretary 

21 may waive the restriction on assistance required by 

22 this subparagraph if the Secretary determines and 

23 reports to the Committees on Appropriations that to 

24 do so is in the national interest of the United States, 

25 and includes a justification for such interest. 


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1 (B) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

2 may be made available to support the Russian occu3 pation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and 

4 Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia. 

5 (C) The Secretary of the Treasury shall in6 struct the United States executive directors of each 

7 international financial institution to vote against any 

8 assistance by such institution (including any loan, 

9 credit, or guarantee) for any program that violates 

10 the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia. 

11 (4) COUNTERING RUSSIAN INFLUENCE FUND.— 

12 (A) Of the funds appropriated by this Act 

13 under titles III and IV, not less than $280,000,000 

14 shall be made available to carry out the purposes of 

15 the Countering Russian Influence Fund, as author16 ized by section 254 of the Countering Russian Influ17 ence in Europe and Eurasia Act of 2017 (Public 

18 Law 115–44; 22 U.S.C. 9543) and notwithstanding 

19 the country limitation in subsection (b) of such sec20 tion, and programs to enhance the capacity of law 

21 enforcement and security forces in countries in Eu22 rope and Eurasia and strengthen security coopera23 tion between such countries and the United States 

24 and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, as ap25 propriate. 


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1 (B) Funds appropriated by this Act and made 

2 available for assistance for the Eastern Partnership 

3 countries shall be made available to advance the im4 plementation of Association Agreements and trade 

5 agreements with the European Union, and to reduce 

6 their vulnerability to external economic and political 

7 pressure from the Russian Federation. 

8 (5) DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS.—Funds appropriated 

9 by this Act shall be made available to support democracy 

10 programs, as defined in section 7032(c) of this Act, in the 

11 Russian Federation, countries along the Russian periph12 ery, and other countries in Europe and Eurasia targeted 

13 by, or potentially vulnerable to, the malign influence cam14 paigns of the Russian Federation: Provided, That not later 

15 than 90 days after the enactment of this Act, the Sec16 retary of State, in consultation with the Administrator of 

17 the United States Agency for International Development, 

18 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a multi19 year strategy for such programs in the manner described 

20 under this section in the report accompanying this Act. 

21 (d) TURKEY.—None of the funds appropriated or 

22 otherwise made available by this Act and prior Acts mak23 ing appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 

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1 ery of, F-35 aircraft to Turkey, including any defense arti2 cles or services related to such aircraft, until the Secretary 

3 of State certifies to the appropriate congressional commit4 tees that the Government of Turkey is not purchasing the 

5 S-400 missile defense system from Russia and will not ac6 cept the delivery of such system. 

7 STABILIZATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN REGIONS

8 IMPACTED BY EXTREMISM AND CONFLICT

9 SEC. 7047. (a) COUNTERING FOREIGN FIGHTERS

10 AND EXTREMIST ORGANIZATIONS.—Funds appropriated 

11 under titles III and IV of this Act shall be made available 

12 for programs and activities to counter and defeat violent 

13 extremism and foreign fighters abroad. 

14 (b) RELIEF AND RECOVERY FUND.— 

15 (1) FUNDS AND TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Of 

16 the funds appropriated by this Act under the head17 ings ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Nar18 cotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Non19 proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 

20 Programs’’, ‘‘Peacekeeping Operations’’, and ‘‘For21 eign Military Financing Program’’, not less than 

22 $195,000,000 shall be made available for the Relief 

23 and Recovery Fund for assistance for areas liberated 

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1 tions, or violent extremist organizations, including 

2 for stabilization assistance for vulnerable ethnic and 

3 religious minority communities affected by conflict: 

4 Provided, That such funds are in addition to 

5 amounts otherwise made available for such purposes 

6 and to amounts specifically designated in this Act or 

7 in the report accompanying this Act for assistance 

8 for countries: Provided further, That such funds ap9 propriated under such headings may be transferred 

10 to, and merged with, funds appropriated under such 

11 headings: Provided further, That such transfer au12 thority is in addition to any other transfer authority 

13 provided by this Act or any other Act, and is subject 

14 to the regular notification procedures of the Com15 mittees on Appropriations. 

16 (2) TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE.—Of the funds ap17 propriated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Inter18 national Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’ 

19 that are made available for the Relief and Recovery 

20 Fund, not less than $5,000,000 shall be made avail21 able for programs to promote accountability in Iraq 

22 and Syria for genocide, crimes against humanity, 

23 and war crimes, which shall be in addition to any 

24 other funds made available by this Act for such pur25 poses: Provided, That such programs shall include 


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1 components to develop local investigative and judi2 cial skills, and to collect and preserve evidence and 

3 maintain the chain of custody of evidence, including 

4 for use in prosecutions: Provided further, That such 

5 funds shall be administered by the Special Coordi6 nator for the Office of Global Criminal Justice, De7 partment of State: Provided further, That funds 

8 made available by this paragraph shall only be made 

9 available on an open and competitive basis. 

10 (d) FRAGILE STATES AND EXTREMISM.—Funds ap11 propriated by this Act shall be made available for the pur12 poses of section 7080 of the Department of State, Foreign 

13 Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

14 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–31), subject to the 

15 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap16 propriations. 

17 UNITED NATIONS

18 SEC. 7048. (a) TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNT19 ABILITY.— 

20 (1) RESTRICTIONS.—Of the funds appropriated 

21 under title I and under the heading ‘‘International 

22 Organizations and Programs’’ in title V of this Act 

23 that are available for contributions to the United 

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1 ganization of American States, 15 percent may not 

2 be obligated for such organization, department, or 

3 agency until the Secretary of State determines and 

4 reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

5 the organization, department, or agency is meeting 

6 the transparency and accountability requirements 

7 detailed in the report accompanying this Act. 

8 (2) WAIVER.—The restrictions imposed by or 

9 pursuant to paragraph (1) may be waived on a case10 by-case basis if the Secretary of State determines 

11 and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

12 that such waiver is necessary to avert or respond to 

13 a humanitarian crisis. 

14 (b) RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED NATIONS DELEGA15 TIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS.— 

16 (1) LIMITATION.—None of the funds made 

17 available by this Act may be used to pay expenses 

18 for any United States delegation to any specialized 

19 agency, body, or commission of the United Nations 

20 or may be made available as a contribution to any 

21 organization, agency, commission, or program within 

22 the United Nations system if such agency, body, 

23 commission, program, or organization is chaired or 

24 presided over by a country, the government of which 

25 the Secretary of State has determined for purposes 


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1 of section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

2 1961, section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act, 

3 section 6(j)(1) of the Export Administration Act of 

4 1979 as continued in effect pursuant to the Inter5 national Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 

6 U.S.C. App. 24 2405(j)(1)), or any other provision 

7 of law is a government that has repeatedly provided 

8 support for acts of international terrorism. 

9 (2) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may 

10 waive the restriction in this subsection if the Sec11 retary determines and reports to the Committees on 

12 Appropriations that to do so is important to the na13 tional interest of the United States, including a de14 scription of the national interest served. 

15 (c) UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL.— 

16 Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available 

17 in support of the United Nations Human Rights Council 

18 unless the Secretary of State determines and reports to 

19 the Committees on Appropriations that participation in 

20 the Council does not serve the national interest of the 

21 United States and that the Council is not taking signifi22 cant steps to remove Israel as a permanent agenda item 

23 nor taking actions to ensure integrity in the election of 

24 members to such Council: Provided, That such report shall 

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1 served by our withdrawal from the Council: Provided fur2 ther, That the Secretary of State shall report to the Com3 mittees on Appropriations not later than September 30, 

4 2020, on the resolutions considered in the United Nations 

5 Human Rights Council during the previous 12 months, 

6 and on steps taken to remove Israel as a permanent agen7 da item and ensure integrity in the election of members 

8 to such Council. 

9 (d) UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGEN10 CY.—Funds appropriated by this Act under title III shall 

11 be made available to the United Nations Relief and Works 

12 Agency (UNRWA), unless the Secretary of State deter13 mines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 that UNRWA— 

15 (1) inappropriately utilizes Operations Support 

16 Officers in the West Bank, Gaza, and other fields of 

17 operation to inspect UNRWA installations; 

18 (2) is not promptly acting to address any staff 

19 or beneficiary violation of its own policies (including 

20 the policies on neutrality and impartiality of employ21 ees) and the legal requirements under section 301(c) 

22 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; 

23 (3) is not implementing procedures to maintain 

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1 ular inspections of its installations, to ensure they 

2 are only used for humanitarian or other appropriate 

3 purposes; 

4 (4) is not taking necessary and appropriate 

5 measures to ensure it is operating in compliance 

6 with the conditions of section 301(c) of the Foreign 

7 Assistance Act of 1961 and continuing regular re8 porting to the Department of State on actions it has 

9 taken to ensure conformance with such conditions; 

10 (5) is not taking steps to ensure the content of 

11 all educational materials currently taught in 

12 UNRWA-administered schools and summer camps is 

13 consistent with the values of human rights, dignity, 

14 and tolerance and does not induce incitement; 

15 (6) is engaging in operations with financial in16 stitutions or related entities in violation of relevant 

17 United States law, and is not taking steps to im18 prove the financial transparency of the organization; 

19 and 

20 (7) is not in compliance with the United Na21 tions Board of Auditors’ biennial audit requirements 

22 and is not implementing in a timely fashion the 

23 Board’s recommendations. 

24 (e) REPORT.—Not later than 45 days after enact25 ment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a 


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1 report to the Committees on Appropriations detailing the 

2 amount of funds available for obligation or expenditure in 

3 fiscal year 2020 for contributions to any organization, de4 partment, agency, or program within the United Nations 

5 system or any international program that are withheld 

6 from obligation or expenditure due to any provision of law: 

7 Provided, That the Secretary shall update such report 

8 each time additional funds are withheld by operation of 

9 any provision of law: Provided further, That the re10 programming of any withheld funds identified in such re11 port, including updates thereof, shall be subject to prior 

12 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures 

13 of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 (f) SEXUAL EXPLOITATION AND ABUSE IN PEACE15 KEEPING OPERATIONS.—The Secretary of State should 

16 withhold assistance to any unit of the security forces of 

17 a foreign country if the Secretary has credible information 

18 that such unit has engaged in sexual exploitation or abuse, 

19 including while serving in a United Nations peacekeeping 

20 operation, until the Secretary determines that the govern21 ment of such country is taking effective steps to hold the 

22 responsible members of such unit accountable and to pre23 vent future incidents: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

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1 section, and shall notify the appropriate congressional 

2 committees of such withholding not later than 10 days 

3 after a determination to withhold such assistance is made: 

4 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to the max5 imum extent practicable, assist such government in bring6 ing the responsible members of such unit to justice. 

7 (g) ADDITIONAL AVAILABILITY.—Subject to the reg8 ular notification procedures of the Committees on Appro9 priations, funds appropriated by this Act which are re10 turned or not made available due to the implementation 

11 of subsection (a), the second proviso under the heading 

12 ‘‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’’ 

13 in title I of this Act, or section 307(a) of the Foreign As14 sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)), shall remain 

15 available for obligation until September 30, 2021: Pro16 vided, That the requirement to withhold funds for pro17 grams in Burma under section 307(a) of the Foreign As18 sistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds appropriated 

19 by this Act. 

20 (h) PRIOR YEAR PEACEKEEPING ASSESSMENTS.— 

21 Section 404(b)(2)(B) of the Foreign Relations Authoriza22 tion Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, (22 U.S.C. 287e 

23 note) is amended at the end by adding the following: 

24 ‘‘(vii) For assessments made during 

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1 ‘‘(viii) For assessments made during 

2 calendar year 2017, 28.4691 percent. 

3 ‘‘(ix) For assessments made during 

4 calendar year 2018, 28.4344 percent.’’. 

5 INSPECTORS GENERAL

6 SEC. 7049. (a) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.— 

7 None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used 

8 to deny an Inspector General funded under this Act timely 

9 access to any records, documents, or other materials avail10 able to the department or agency of the United States 

11 Government over which such Inspector General has re12 sponsibilities under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 

13 U.S.C. App.), or to prevent or impede the access of such 

14 Inspector General to such records, documents, or other 

15 materials, under any provision of law, except a provision 

16 of law that expressly refers to such Inspector General and 

17 expressly limits the right of access of such Inspector Gen18 eral. 

19 (b) REPORT.—Each Inspector General covered by 

20 this section shall report to the Committees on Appropria21 tions within 5 calendar days of any failure by any depart22 ment or agency of the United States Government to pro23 vide its Inspector General access to all requested records, 

24 documents, and other materials. 


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1 GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM

2 SEC. 7050. (a) FUNDING.—Of the funds available for 

3 obligation during fiscal year 2020 under the headings 

4 ‘‘International Broadcasting Operations’’, ‘‘Economic 

5 Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, and ‘‘Assistance for 

6 Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, not less than 

7 $60,500,000 shall be made available for programs to pro8 mote Internet freedom globally. 

9 (b) COORDINATION AND SPEND PLANS.—After con10 sultation among the relevant agency heads to coordinate 

11 and de-conflict planned activities, but not later than 90 

12 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

13 and the Chief Executive Officer of the United States 

14 Agency for Global Media shall submit to the Committees 

15 on Appropriations spend plans for funds made available 

16 by this Act for programs to promote Internet freedom 

17 globally, which shall include a description of safeguards 

18 established by relevant agencies to ensure that such pro19 grams are not used for illicit purposes. 

20 (c) SECURITY AUDITS.—Funds made available pur21 suant to this section to promote Internet freedom globally 

22 may only be made available to support technologies that 

23 undergo comprehensive security audits conducted by the 

24 Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, De25 partment of State to ensure that such technology is secure 


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1 and has not been compromised in a manner detrimental 

2 to the interest of the United States or to individuals and 

3 organizations benefiting from programs supported by such 

4 funds. 

5 TORTURE AND OTHER CRUEL, INHUMAN, OR DEGRADING

6 TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT

7 SEC. 7051. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds 

8 made available by this Act may be used to support or jus9 tify the use of torture and other cruel, inhuman, or de10 grading treatment or punishment by any official or con11 tract employee of the United States Government. 

12 (b) ASSISTANCE.—Funds appropriated under titles 

13 III and IV of this Act shall be made available, notwith14 standing section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

15 1961 and following consultation with the Committees on 

16 Appropriations, for assistance to eliminate torture and 

17 other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punish18 ment by foreign police, military or other security forces 

19 in countries receiving assistance from funds appropriated 

20 by this Act. 

21 AIRCRAFT TRANSFER, COORDINATION, AND USE

22 SEC. 7052. (a) TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Notwith23 standing any other provision of law or regulation, aircraft 

24 procured with funds appropriated by this Act and prior 

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1 foreign operations, and related programs under the head2 ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘International Narcotics 

3 Control and Law Enforcement’’, ‘‘Andean Counterdrug 

4 Initiative’’, and ‘‘Andean Counterdrug Programs’’ may be 

5 used for any other program and in any region. 

6 (b) PROPERTY DISPOSAL.—The authority provided 

7 in subsection (a) shall apply only after the Secretary of 

8 State determines and reports to the Committees on Appro9 priations that the equipment is no longer required to meet 

10 programmatic purposes in the designated country or re11 gion: Provided, That any such transfer shall be subject 

12 to prior consultation with, and the regular notification 

13 procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 (c) AIRCRAFT COORDINATION.— 

15 (1) AUTHORITY.—The uses of aircraft pur16 chased or leased by the Department of State and the 

17 United States Agency for International Development 

18 with funds made available in this Act or prior Acts 

19 making appropriations for the Department of State, 

20 foreign operations, and related programs shall be co21 ordinated under the authority of the appropriate 

22 Chief of Mission: Provided, That notwithstanding 

23 section 7006(b) of this Act, such aircraft may be 

24 used to transport, on a reimbursable or non-reim25 bursable basis, Federal and non-Federal personnel 


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1 supporting Department of State and USAID pro2 grams and activities: Provided further, That official 

3 travel for other agencies for other purposes may be 

4 supported on a reimbursable basis, or without reim5 bursement when traveling on a space available basis: 

6 Provided further, That funds received by the Depart7 ment of State in connection with the use of aircraft 

8 owned, leased, or chartered by the Department of 

9 State may be credited to the Working Capital Fund 

10 of the Department and shall be available for ex11 penses related to the purchase, lease, maintenance, 

12 chartering, or operation of such aircraft. 

13 (2) SCOPE.—The requirement and authorities 

14 of this subsection shall only apply to aircraft, the 

15 primary purpose of which is the transportation of 

16 personnel. 

17 (d) AIRCRAFT OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.— 

18 To the maximum extent practicable, the costs of oper19 ations and maintenance, including fuel, of aircraft funded 

20 by this Act shall be borne by the recipient country. 

21 PARKING FINES AND REAL PROPERTY TAXES OWED BY

22 FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS

23 SEC. 7053. The terms and conditions of section 7055 

24 of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Re25 lated Programs Appropriations Act, 2010 (division F of 


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1 Public Law 111–117) shall apply to this Act: Provided, 

2 That the date ‘‘September 30, 2009’’ in subsection 

3 (f)(2)(B) of such section shall be deemed to be ‘‘Sep4 tember 30, 2019’’. 

5 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

6 SEC. 7054. The terms and conditions of sections 

7 7086(b) (1) and (2) and 7090(a) of the Department of 

8 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro9 priations Act, 2010 (division F of Public Law 111–117) 

10 shall apply to this Act. 

11 EXTRADITION

12 SEC. 7055. (a) LIMITATION.—None of the funds ap13 propriated in this Act may be used to provide assistance 

14 (other than funds provided under the headings ‘‘Inter15 national Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 

16 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement’’, 

17 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, ‘‘United States 

18 Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, and 

19 ‘‘Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 

20 Assistance’’) for the central government of a country 

21 which has notified the Department of State of its refusal 

22 to extradite to the United States any individual indicted 

23 for a criminal offense for which the maximum penalty is 

24 life imprisonment without the possibility of parole or for 


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1 killing a law enforcement officer, as specified in a United 

2 States extradition request. 

3 (b) CLARIFICATION.—Subsection (a) shall only apply 

4 to the central government of a country with which the 

5 United States maintains diplomatic relations and with 

6 which the United States has an extradition treaty and the 

7 government of that country is in violation of the terms 

8 and conditions of the treaty. 

9 (c) WAIVER.—The Secretary of State may waive the 

10 restriction in subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis if the 

11 Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 

12 that such waiver is important to the national interest of 

13 the United States. 

14 IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES

15 SEC. 7056. None of the funds appropriated or other16 wise made available under titles III through VI of this 

17 Act may be obligated or expended to provide— 

18 (1) any financial incentive to a business enter19 prise currently located in the United States for the 

20 purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate 

21 outside the United States if such incentive or in22 ducement is likely to reduce the number of employ23 ees of such business enterprise in the United States 

24 because United States production is being replaced 

25 by such enterprise outside the United States; 


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1 (2) assistance for any program, project, or ac2 tivity that contributes to the violation of internation3 ally recognized workers’ rights, as defined in section 

4 507(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the 

5 recipient country, including any designated zone or 

6 area in that country: Provided, That the application 

7 of section 507(4)(D) and (E) of such Act should be 

8 commensurate with the level of development of the 

9 recipient country and sector, and shall not preclude 

10 assistance for the informal sector in such country, 

11 micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 

12 agriculture; or 

13 (3) any assistance to an entity outside the 

14 United States if such assistance is for the purpose 

15 of directly relocating or transferring jobs from the 

16 United States to other countries and adversely im17 pacts the labor force in the United States. 

18 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION FUND

19 SEC. 7057. (a) CONTRIBUTION.—Of the funds made 

20 available under the heading ‘‘International Organizations 

21 and Programs’’ in this Act for fiscal year 2020, 

22 $55,500,000 shall be made available for the United Na23 tions Population Fund (UNFPA). 

24 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds appropriated 

25 by this Act for UNFPA, that are not made available for 


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1 UNFPA because of the operation of any provision of law, 

2 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ ac3 count and shall be made available for family planning, ma4 ternal, and reproductive health activities, subject to the 

5 regular notification procedures of the Committees on Ap6 propriations. 

7 (c) PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS IN CHINA.— 

8 None of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

9 by UNFPA for a country program in the People’s Repub10 lic of China. 

11 (d) CONDITIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

12 Funds made available by this Act for UNFPA may not 

13 be made available unless— 

14 (1) UNFPA maintains funds made available by 

15 this Act in an account separate from other accounts 

16 of UNFPA and does not commingle such funds with 

17 other sums; and 

18 (2) UNFPA does not fund abortions. 

19 (e) REPORT TO CONGRESS AND DOLLAR-FOR-DOL20 LAR WITHHOLDING OF FUNDS.— 

21 (1) Not later than 4 months after the date of 

22 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

23 submit a report to the Committees on Appropria24 tions indicating the amount of funds that UNFPA 

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1 mitted for a country program in the People’s Repub2 lic of China. 

3 (2) If a report under paragraph (1) indicates 

4 that UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country 

5 program in the People’s Republic of China in the 

6 year covered by the report, then the amount of such 

7 funds UNFPA plans to spend in the People’s Re8 public of China shall be deducted from the funds 

9 made available to UNFPA after March 1 for obliga10 tion for the remainder of the fiscal year in which the 

11 report is submitted. 

12 GLOBAL HEALTH ACTIVITIES

13 SEC. 7058. (a) IN GENERAL.—Funds appropriated 

14 by titles III and IV of this Act that are made available 

15 for global health programs, including activities relating to 

16 research on, and the prevention, treatment and control of, 

17 HIV/AIDS, may be made available notwithstanding any 

18 other provision of law except for provisions under the 

19 heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ and the United States 

20 Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 

21 Act of 2003 (117 Stat. 711; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), as 

22 amended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under 

23 the heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ in this Act, not 

24 less than $750,000,000 shall be made available for family 

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1 population growth threatens biodiversity or endangered 

2 species: Provided further, That none of the funds made 

3 available by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations 

4 for the Department of State, foreign operations, and re5 lated programs shall be made available to implement the 

6 Presidential Memorandum on Mexico City Policy dated 

7 January 23, 2017: Provided further, That none of the 

8 funds made available by this Act may be used in con9 travention of the conditions of section 7018 of this Act 

10 and section 104(f)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

11 1961. 

12 (b) CONTAGIOUS INFECTIOUS DISEASE OUT13 BREAKS.— 

14 (1) EXTRAORDINARY MEASURES.—If the Sec15 retary of State determines and reports to the Com16 mittees on Appropriations that an international in17 fectious disease outbreak is sustained, severe, and is 

18 spreading internationally, or that it is in the na19 tional interest to respond to a Public Health Emer20 gency of International Concern, funds appropriated 

21 by this Act under the headings ‘‘Global Health Pro22 grams’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘International 

23 Disaster Assistance’’, ‘‘Complex Crises Fund’’, 

24 ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘Democracy Fund’’, 

25 ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia’’, 


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1 ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’’, and ‘‘Millen2 nium Challenge Corporation’’ may be made available 

3 to combat such infectious disease or public health 

4 emergency, and may be transferred to, and merged 

5 with, funds appropriated under such headings for 

6 the purposes of this paragraph. 

7 (2) EMERGENCY RESERVE FUND.—Up to 

8 $10,000,000 of the funds made available under the 

9 heading ‘‘Global Health Programs’’ may be made 

10 available for the Emergency Reserve Fund estab11 lished pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the Depart12 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro13 grams Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Pub14 lic Law 115–31): Provided, That such funds shall be 

15 made available under the same terms and conditions 

16 of such section. 

17 (3) CONSULTATION AND NOTIFICATION.— 

18 Funds made available by this subsection shall be 

19 subject to prior consultation with the appropriate 

20 congressional committees, and the regular notifica21 tion procedures of the Committees on Appropria22 tions. 

23 GENDER EQUALITY

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1 der equality in United States Government diplomatic and 

2 development efforts by raising the status, increasing the 

3 participation, and protecting the rights of women and girls 

4 worldwide. 

5 (b) WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP.—Of the funds appro6 priated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 

7 shall be made available for programs specifically designed 

8 to increase leadership opportunities for women in coun9 tries where women and girls suffer discrimination due to 

10 law, policy, or practice, by strengthening protections for 

11 women’s political status, expanding women’s participation 

12 in political parties and elections, and increasing women’s 

13 opportunities for leadership positions in the public and 

14 private sectors at the local, provincial, and national levels. 

15 (c) GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE.—Of the funds appro16 priated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than 

17 $165,000,000 shall be made available to implement a 

18 multi-year strategy to prevent and respond to gender19 based violence in countries where it is common in conflict 

20 and non-conflict settings. 

21 (d) WOMEN AND GIRLS AT RISK FROM EXTRE22 MISM.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

23 heading ‘‘Development Assistance’’, not less than 

24 $15,000,000 shall be made available to support women 

25 and girls who are at risk from extremism and conflict, and 


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1 for the activities described in section 7059(e)(1) of the De2 partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro3 grams Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 

4 115–141): Provided, That such funds are in addition to 

5 amounts otherwise made available by this Act for such 

6 purposes, and shall be made available following consulta7 tion with, and the regular notification procedures of, the 

8 Committees on Appropriations. 

9 SECTOR ALLOCATIONS

10 SEC. 7060. (a) BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER

11 EDUCATION.— 

12 (1) BASIC EDUCATION.— 

13 (A) Of the funds appropriated under title 

14 III of this Act, not less than $925,000,000 

15 shall be made available for assistance for basic 

16 education, and such funds may be made avail17 able notwithstanding any other provision of law 

18 that restricts assistance to foreign countries: 

19 Provided, That funds made available under the 

20 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’ and ‘‘Eco21 nomic Support Fund’’ for the support of non22 state schools in this Act and prior Acts shall be 

23 subject to the regular notification procedures of 

24 the Committees on Appropriations. 


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1 (B) Of the funds appropriated under title 

2 III of this Act for assistance for basic education 

3 programs, not less than $125,000,000 shall be 

4 made available for contributions to multilateral 

5 partnerships that support education. 

6 (2) HIGHER EDUCATION.—Of the funds appro7 priated by title III of this Act, not less than 

8 $235,000,000 shall be made available for assistance 

9 for higher education: Provided, That such funds may 

10 be made available notwithstanding any other provi11 sion of law that restricts assistance to foreign coun12 tries, and shall be subject to the regular notification 

13 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

14 (b) ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMS.— 

15 (1) AUTHORITY, NOTIFICATION, AND LIMITA16 TION.— 

17 (A) Funds appropriated by this Act to 

18 carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 

19 106, and chapter 4 of part II, of the Foreign 

20 Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwith21 standing any other provision of law, except for 

22 the provisions of this subsection, to support en23 vironment programs. 

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1 cation procedures of the Committees on Appro2 priations. 

3 (C) Funds in this Act and prior Acts may 

4 be made available for a contribution, grant, or 

5 any other payment for the Paris Agreement: 

6 Provided, That any such use of funds shall be 

7 subject to prior consultation with, and the reg8 ular notification procedures of, the Committees 

9 on Appropriations. 

10 (D) None of the funds appropriated or oth11 erwise made available by this Act, or prior Acts 

12 making appropriations for the Department of 

13 State, foreign operations, and related programs, 

14 may be used to provide formal notification 

15 under Article 28 of the Paris Agreement of the 

16 withdrawal of the United States from such 

17 Agreement. 

18 (2) CONSERVATION PROGRAMS.— 

19 (A) Of the funds appropriated under title 

20 III of this Act, not less than $295,000,000 

21 shall be made available for biodiversity con22 servation programs. 

23 (B) Not less than $100,664,000 of the 

24 funds appropriated under titles III and IV of 

25 this Act shall be made available to combat the 


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1 transnational threat of wildlife poaching and 

2 trafficking. 

3 (3) SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPES.—Of the funds 

4 appropriated under title III of this Act, not less than 

5 $135,000,000 shall be made available for sustainable 

6 landscapes programs. 

7 (4) ADAPTATION.—Of the funds appropriated 

8 under title III of this Act, not less than 

9 $177,000,000 shall be made available for adaptation 

10 programs. 

11 (5) RENEWABLE ENERGY.—Of the funds appro12 priated under title III of this Act, not less than 

13 $179,000,000 shall be made available for renewable 

14 energy programs. 

15 (c) FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOP16 MENT.—Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, 

17 not less than $1,005,600,000 shall be made available for 

18 food security and agricultural development programs to 

19 carry out the purposes of the Global Food Security Act 

20 of 2016 (Public Law 114–195): Provided, That funds may 

21 be made available for a contribution as authorized by sec22 tion 3202 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

23 2008 (Public Law 110–246), as amended by section 3310 

24 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public Law 

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1 (d) MICRO, SMALL, AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTER2 PRISES.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less 

3 than $265,000,000 shall be made available to support the 

4 development of, and access to financing for, micro, small, 

5 and medium-sized enterprises that benefit the poor, espe6 cially women. 

7 (e) PROGRAMS TO COMBAT TRAFFICKING IN PER8 SONS.—Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 

9 headings ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Economic Support 

10 Fund’’, ‘‘Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central 

11 Asia’’, and ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En12 forcement’’, not less than $67,000,000 shall be made 

13 available for activities to combat trafficking in persons 

14 internationally. 

15 (f) RECONCILIATION PROGRAMS.—Funds appro16 priated by this Act under the heading ‘‘Development As17 sistance’’ shall be made available to support people-to-peo18 ple reconciliation programs which bring together individ19 uals of different ethnic, religious, and political back20 grounds from areas of civil strife and war: Provided, That 

21 the USAID Administrator shall consult with the Commit22 tees on Appropriations, prior to the initial obligation of 

23 funds, on the uses of such funds, and such funds shall 

24 be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 

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1 (g) WATER AND SANITATION.—Of the funds appro2 priated by this Act, not less than $435,000,000 shall be 

3 made available for water supply and sanitation projects 

4 pursuant to section 136 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 

5 1961, of which not less than $195,000,000 shall be for 

6 programs in sub-Saharan Africa, and of which not less 

7 than $15,000,000 shall be made available to support ini8 tiatives by local communities in developing countries to 

9 build and maintain safe latrines. 

10 BUDGET DOCUMENTS

11 SEC. 7061. (a) OPERATING PLANS.—Not later than 

12 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, each de13 partment, agency, or organization funded in titles I, II, 

14 and VI of this Act, and the Department of the Treasury 

15 and Independent Agencies funded in title III of this Act, 

16 including the Inter-American Foundation and the United 

17 States African Development Foundation, shall submit to 

18 the Committees on Appropriations an operating plan for 

19 funds appropriated to such department, agency, or organi20 zation in such titles of this Act, or funds otherwise avail21 able for obligation in fiscal year 2020, that provides de22 tails of the uses of such funds at the program, project, 

23 and activity level: Provided, That operating plans that in24 clude changes in levels of funding for programs, projects, 

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1 tification, in this Act, or amounts specifically designated 

2 in the respective tables included in the report accom3 panying this Act, as applicable, shall be subject to the no4 tification and reprogramming requirements of section 

5 7015 of this Act. 

6 (b) SPEND PLANS.— 

7 (1) Not later than 60 days after enactment of 

8 this Act, the Secretary of State or Administrator of 

9 the United States Agency for International Develop10 ment, as appropriate, shall submit to the Commit11 tees on Appropriations a spend plan for funds made 

12 available by this Act, for— 

13 (A) assistance for Afghanistan, Iraq, Leb14 anon, Pakistan, Colombia, and countries in 

15 Central America; 

16 (B) assistance made available pursuant to 

17 section 7046(c) of this Act to counter Russian 

18 influence and aggression, except that such plan 

19 shall be on a country-by-country basis; 

20 (C) assistance made available pursuant to 

21 section 7059 of this Act; 

22 (D) the Indo-Pacific Strategy; 

23 (E) democracy programs, Power Africa, 

24 programs to support section 7047(a) of this 

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1 (b), (c), (d), (e), and (g) of section 7060 of this 

2 Act; and 

3 (F) funds provided under the heading 

4 ‘‘International Narcotics Control and Law En5 forcement’’ for International Organized Crime 

6 and for Cybercrime and Intellectual Property 

7 Rights: Provided, That the spend plans shall in8 clude bilateral and global programs funded 

9 under such heading along with a brief descrip10 tion of the activities planned for each country. 

11 (2) Not later than 45 days after enactment of 

12 this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall submit 

13 to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed 

14 spend plan for funds made available by this Act 

15 under the heading ‘‘Department of the Treasury, 

16 International Affairs Technical Assistance’’ in title 

17 III. 

18 (c) CLARIFICATION.—The spend plans referenced in 

19 subsection (b) shall not be considered as meeting the noti20 fication requirements in this Act or under section 634A 

21 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. 

22 (d) CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET JUSTIFICATION.— 

23 (1) The congressional budget justification for 

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1 propriations concurrent with the date of submission 

2 of the President’s budget for fiscal year 2021: Pro3 vided, That the appendices for such justification 

4 shall be provided to the Committees on Appropria5 tions not later than 10 calendar days thereafter: 

6 Provided further, That if the appendices referenced 

7 in the preceding proviso are not provided to such 

8 Committee by the date specified, none of the funds 

9 made available under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Pro10 grams’’ and designated in paragraph (3) for Diplo11 matic Policy and Support shall be available for trav12 el and related expenses of the Secretary of State 

13 until such budget appendices are provided to the 

14 Committees on Appropriations. 

15 (2) The Secretary of State and the USAID Ad16 ministrator shall include in the congressional budget 

17 justification a detailed justification for multi-year 

18 availability for any funds requested under the head19 ings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ and ‘‘Operating Ex20 penses’’. 

21 (e) CHANGE IN ALLOCATION OF FOREIGN ASSIST22 ANCE.—The Department of State shall fully comply with 

23 the notification requirement pursuant to section 653(a) of 

24 the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-195) 

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1 Provided, That if the report accompanying the notification 

2 referenced in the preceding sentence is not provided to the 

3 Committees on Appropriations within the specified time, 

4 none of the funds made available under the heading ‘‘Dip5 lomatic Programs’’ and designated in paragraph (3) for 

6 Diplomatic Policy and Support shall be available for travel 

7 and related expenses of the Secretary of State until such 

8 report is provided to the Committees on Appropriations. 

9 REORGANIZATION

10 SEC. 7062. (a) PRIOR CONSULTATION AND NOTIFI11 CATION.—Funds appropriated by this Act, prior Acts 

12 making appropriations for the Department of State, for13 eign operations, and related programs, or any other Act 

14 may not be used to implement a reorganization, redesign, 

15 or other plan described in paragraph (2) by the Depart16 ment of State, the United States Agency for International 

17 Development, or any other Federal department, agency, 

18 or organization funded by this Act without prior consulta19 tion by the head of such department, agency, or organiza20 tion with the appropriate congressional committees: Pro21 vided, That such funds shall be subject to the regular noti22 fication procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 

23 Provided further, That any such notification submitted to 

24 such Committees shall include a detailed justification for 


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1 any proposed action, including the information specified 

2 under this section in the report accompanying this Act. 

3 (b) DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITIES.—Pursuant to 

4 paragraph (1), a reorganization, redesign, or other plan 

5 shall include any action to— 

6 (1) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize cov7 ered departments, agencies, or organizations, including 

8 bureaus and offices within or between such departments, 

9 agencies, or organizations, including the transfer to other 

10 agencies of the authorities and responsibilities of such bu11 reaus and offices; or 

12 (2) expand, eliminate, consolidate, or downsize the 

13 United States official presence overseas including at bilat14 eral, regional, and multilateral diplomatic facilities and 

15 other platforms. 

16 DESIGNATION

17 SEC. 7063. Each amount designated in this Act by 

18 the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global 

19 War on Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of 

20 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 

21 of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only 

22 if the President subsequently so designates all such 

23 amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. 


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1 ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL

2 ORGANIZATIONS

3 SEC. 7064. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 

4 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 

5 104C the following: 

6 ‘‘SEC. 104D ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE. 

7 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regula8 tion, or policy, in determining eligibility for assistance 

9 under sections 104, 104A, 104B, and 104C, a foreign non10 governmental organization— 

11 ‘‘(1) shall not be ineligible for such assistance 

12 solely on the basis of health or medical services, in13 cluding counseling and referral services, provided by 

14 such organization with non-United States Govern15 ment funds if such services— 

16 ‘‘(A) are permitted in the country in which 

17 they are being provided; and 

18 ‘‘(B) would not violate United States law if 

19 provided in the United States; and 

20 ‘‘(2) shall not be subject to requirements relat21 ing to the use of non-United States Government 

22 funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than 

23 those that apply to United States nongovernmental 

24 organizations receiving assistance under this part.’’. 


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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Department of State, 

2 Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropria3 tions Act, 2020’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 54 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2839 

[Report No. 116–78] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for Department of State, 

other purposes. fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for foreign operations, and related programs for the 

MAY 20, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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